An integrated approach based on system dynamics and ANP for evaluating sustainable transportation policies

International Journal of Systems Science: Operations and Logistics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 182-191

  Sayyadi, Reza ^a   Awasthi, Anjali ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

analytic network process; multi criteria decision analysis; policy evaluation; simulation; Sustainable transportation; system dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058163080     PISSN: 23302674     EISSN: 23302682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23302674.2018.1554168     Document Type: Article

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