Criteria selection framework for sustainable development indicators

International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-279

  Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle ^a   Reddy, B Sudhakara ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Displaced ideal; Value tree; What how whom framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870307644     PISSN: 2040106X     EISSN: 20401078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMCDM.2011.041189     Document Type: Article

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