Multi actor multi criteria analysis (MAMCA) as a tool to support sustainable decisions: State of use

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 610-620

  MacHaris, Cathy ^a   Turcksin, Laurence ^a   Lebeau, Kenneth ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multi actor multi criteria analysis; Stakeholders; Transport project appraisal

Indexed keywords

DECISION PROCESS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; STAKEHOLDERS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TRANSPORT PROJECTS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84868662033     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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