Multiple criteria decision-making techniques and their applications - A review of the literature from 2000 to 2014

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 516-571

  Mardani, Abbas ^a   Jusoh, Ahmad ^a   Nor, Khalil M D ^a   Khalifah, Zainab ^a   Zakwan, Norhayati ^a   Valipour, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decision making techniques and approaches; Literature review; Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW;

EID: 84990984121     PISSN: 1331677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2015.1075139     Document Type: Review

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