A survey of integrated decision analysis in energy and environmental modeling

Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 691-702

  Wang, Q ^a   Poh, K L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Energy modeling; Environmental modeling; Integrated analysis; Multiple criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; SURVEYS;

DECISION PROBLEMS; ENERGY MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED DECISION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; METHODOLOGY; SURVEYING;

EID: 84910006702     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.09.060     Document Type: Article

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