Multiple criteria decision analysis and sustainable development

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2005, Pages 953-986

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Economics; Incommensurability; Social choice; Social multi criteria evaluation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955163087     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23081-5_23     Document Type: Chapter

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