Integrated and realistic approach to energy planning - a case study of Slovenia

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-51

  Pušnik, Matevž ^a   Sučić, Boris ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

AHP; Energy planning; MAUT; Multi criteria decision making; PROMETHEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890879997     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MEQ-05-2013-0060     Document Type: Article

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