Captive Power Plant Selection for Pakistan Cement Industry in
Perspective of Current Energy Crises: A Fuzzy-AHP Approach
Keywords: Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Captive Power
Plants, Cement Industry.
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology
Volume 36 , Issue 4
HAFIZ MUHAMMAD KHURRAM ALI , AMIR SULTAN , BAKHT BAHADUR RANA ,
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