Emergent conditions and multiple criteria analysis in infrastructure prioritization for developing countries

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 125-137

  Karvetski, Christopher W ^a   Lambert, James H ^a   Linkov, Igor ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency analysis; Emergent conditions; Group negotiation; Infrastructure prioritization; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889646823     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.444     Document Type: Article

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