ELECTRE: A comprehensive literature review on methodologies and applications

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-29

  Govindan, Kannan ^a   Jepsen, Martin Brandt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ELECTRE; Literature review; Multiple criteria decision aiding (MCDA); Outranking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

APPLICATION AREA; DECISION PROBLEMS; ELECTRE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION AIDING; OUTRANKING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84938785593     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.019     Document Type: Review

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