Development of decision support system for sustainability evaluation: A case study

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-174

  Vinodh, S ^a   Jayakrishna, K ^a   Kumar, Vishwajeet ^a   Dutta, Ranajyoti ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Fuzzy logic; Sustainability evaluation; Sustainability index; Sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; MANUFACTURE;

ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY PRODUCT; MANUFACTURING METHODS; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84897912142     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0613-7     Document Type: Article

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