Selecting the optimal renewable energy using multi criteria decision making

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-978

  Yazdani Chamzini, Abdolreza ^a   Fouladgar, Mohammad Majid ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^b   Moini, S Hamzeh Haji ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c Fateh Research Group   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; COPRAS; MCDM; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887989081     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2013.766257     Document Type: Article

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