Application of analytic hierarchy process and multicriteria decision analysis on waste management: A case study in iran

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 810-817

  Madadian, Edris ^a   Amiri, Leila ^a   Abdoli, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; environmental impact; MCDA; Tabriz city; waste management strategy

Indexed keywords

AHP; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); MCDA; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; TABRIZ CITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPOSTING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INCINERATION; INVESTMENTS; RESEARCH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84880309894     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11695     Document Type: Article

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