Multi-objective decision support to enhance environmental sustainability in maritime shipping: A review and future directions

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-18

  Mansouri, S Afshin ^a   Lee, Habin ^a   Aluko, Oluwakayode ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Environmental sustainability; Literature review; Maritime shipping; Multi objective optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INFORMED DECISION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MARITIME SHIPPING; MARITIME TRANSPORT; MULTI-OBJECTIVES OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE OFF;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84939976644     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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