Multi-criteria decision-making system for sustainable building assessment/certification

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-18

  Medineckiene, M ^a,b   Zavadskas, E K ^b   Bjork F ^a   Turskis, Z ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

AHP; ARAS; Certification systems; Criteria; MCDM

Indexed keywords

AHP; ARAS; CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS; CRITERIA; MCDM;

EID: 84920556980     PISSN: 16449665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acme.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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