Multicriteria decision analysis for sustainable data centers location

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-299

  Covas, Miguel T ^a,b,d   Silva, Carlos A ^b,d   Dias, Luis C ^c,d  

^a Portugal Telecom   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d MIT Portugal Program   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Data centers; Environment; Location problem, ELECTRE TRI; Multiple criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTERS; ELECTRE TRI; ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES; TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE;

DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 84875660299     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2012.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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