Appraising bioenergy alternatives in uganda using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)-analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and a desirability functions approach

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1171-1192

  Okello, Collins ^a,b   Pindozzi, Stefania ^b   Faugno, Salvatore ^b   Boccia, Lorenzo ^b  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Bioenergy technologies; Decision making; Developing countries; Multi criteria analysis; Participatory appraisal

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BIO-ENERGY SYSTEMS; BIOENERGY TECHNOLOGY; DESIRABILITY FUNCTION; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPPORTUNITIES AND THREAT (SWOT); PARTICIPATORY APPRAISAL; TECHNOLOGY SCREENINGS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896958989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7031171     Document Type: Article

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