A multi criteria decision making framework for sustainability assessment of bioenergy production technologies with hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets: The case of Iran

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 1130-1145

  Khishtandar, Soheila ^a   Zandieh, Mostafa ^a   Dorri, Behrouz ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Iran; Multi criteria decision making; Sustainable supply chain

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAND USE; LINGUISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BIOENERGY TECHNOLOGY; IRAN; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORKS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTICRITERION DECISION MAKINGS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

EID: 85007467272     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.212     Document Type: Review

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