Sustainable energy planning decision using the intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process: choosing energy technology in Malaysia

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 360-377

  Abdullah, Lazim ^a   Najib, Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; energy planning; energy technology; intuitionistic fuzzy sets; multi criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY SETS; MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENTS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84951900629     PISSN: 14786451     EISSN: 1478646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2014.907292     Document Type: Article

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