A PROMETHEE-GDSS for oil and gas pipeline planning in the Caspian Sea basin

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 716-728

  Tavana, Madjid ^a   Behzadian, Majid ^b   Pirdashti, Mohsen ^c   Pirdashti, Hasan ^d  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Industrial Engineering Department   (Iran)

^c SHOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Delphi; GDSS; Oil and gas pipeline; PROMETHEE; SWOT

Indexed keywords

CASPIAN SEA; DELPHI; GDSS; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES; PROMETHEE; SWOT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GAS PIPELINES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

NATURAL GAS;

DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; GAS PIPELINE; GEOMETRY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PIPELINE;

CASPIAN BASIN;

EID: 84874296664     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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