Multiple criteria decision analysis and sustainable development

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 233, Issue , 2016, Pages 1235-1267

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959377936     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3094-4_27     Document Type: Article

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