Calculating composite indicators for sustainability

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 9157, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-35

  Bottero, Marta ^a   Ferretti, Valentina ^a   Mondini, Giulio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indicators and indices; Multicriteria analysis; Projects plans programmes; Swing method; Well being indicators

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

INDICATORS AND INDICES; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PROJECTS/PLANS/PROGRAMMES; SWING METHOD; WELL BEING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84944474749     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21470-2_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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