Addressing the location of undesirable facilities through the dominance-based rough set approach

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 3-23

  Abastante, Francesca ^a   Bottero, Marta ^a   Greco, Salvatore ^b   Lami, Isabella ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dominance based rough set approach; Environmental impact assessment; Multiple criteria decision aiding; Sustainable development; Undesirable facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896369652     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.1510     Document Type: Article

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