How to design and realize participation of stakeholders in MCDA processes? A framework for selecting an appropriate approach

EURO Journal on Decision Processes

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 187-214

  Marttunen, Mika ^a   Mustajoki, Jyri ^a   Dufva, Mikko ^b   Karjalainen, Timo P ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision analysis interviews; Environmental decision making; Multi criteria decision analysis; Stakeholder involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992294516     PISSN: 21939438     EISSN: 21939446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40070-013-0016-3     Document Type: Article

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