Multi-criteria decision analysis framework for sustainable manufacturing in automotive industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 187, Issue , 2018, Pages 257-272

  Stoycheva, Stella ^a   Marchese, Dayton ^b   Paul, Cameron ^b   Padoan, Sara ^c   Juhmani, Abdul salam ^c   Linkov, Igor ^a,b,d  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Decision analysis; Manufacturing; MCDA; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MANUFACTURE; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC METALS;

ALTERNATIVE SELECTIONS; MCDA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORKS; SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85046007644     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.133     Document Type: Article

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