Multicriteria-based decision aiding technique for assessing energy policy elements-demonstration to a case in Bangladesh

Applied Energy

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-244

  Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a,b   Paatero, Jukka V ^b   Lahdelma, Risto ^b   Wahid, Mazlan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Long range; Multicriteria; Policy element; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; PROVEN RESERVES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BALANCED ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; LONG-RANGE; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MULTICRITERIA ACCEPTABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LONG RANGE FORECAST; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84951148369     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.091     Document Type: Article

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