Acceptability of energy sources using an integration of the Delphi method and the analytic hierarchy process

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2973-2991

  Di Zio, Simone ^a   Maretti, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceptability; AHP; Delphi; Energy shift; Group decision making; Public opinions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920973919     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9935-0     Document Type: Article

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