A multi-criteria decision support framework for sustainable asset management and challenges in its application

Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-36

  Niekamp, Stefanie ^a,b   Bharadwaj, Ujjwal R ^a   Sadhukhan, Jhuma ^b   Chryssanthopoulos, Marios K ^b  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

algorithms and heuristics of environmentally conscious manufacturing; decision support systems (DSS); life cycle asset management; sustainability; technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ASSET MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS MANUFACTURING; LIFE CYCLE ASSET MANAGEMENTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABLE ASSET MANAGEMENTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923802588     PISSN: 21681015     EISSN: 21681023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21681015.2014.1000401     Document Type: Article

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