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Orders-of-Magnitude Approach to AHP-Based Multicriteria Decision Making: Prioritizing Divergent Intangible Humane Acts …
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In the twenty-first century the sustainability of energy and transportation systems is on the top of the political agenda in many countries around the world. Environmental impacts of human economic activity necessitate the consideration of conflicting goals in decision making processes to...
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One of the main novelties of this book is its establishment of a clear relationship between social and public choice on one hand and multiple criteria decision analysis on the other. This relationship leads to the new concept of Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation (SMCE). SMCE is proposed as a...
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This book offers a simple introduction to the fundamentals and applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP … the AHP methodology and/or as an AHP hands-on supplement for standard OR textbooks. AHP is an intuitive and mathematically … simple methodology in the field of multi-criteria decision making. Because of this, most AHP books assume the reader has …
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The Analytic Network Process (ANP) developed by Thomas Saaty in his work on multicriteria decision making applies network structures with dependence and feedback to complex decision making. This book is a selection of applications of ANP to economic, social and political decisions, and also to...
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Part I: Theory of Ecological Economics -- Introduction -- 1. The Economic System and the Environment -- 2. Industrial Ecology: Material and Energy Flows, Life Cycle Analysis -- 3. The Big Picture Vision and the Environment: An International Perspective -- 4. Economic Valuation and Decision...
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This open access book analyzes and seeks to consolidate the use of robust quantitative tools and qualitative methods for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance...
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This book introduces methods for uncertain multi-attribute decision making including uncertain multi-attribute group decision making and their applications to supply chain management, investment decision making, personnel assessment, redesigning products, maintenance services, military system...
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Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Basic Methods of Investment Appraisal -- Part III. Advanced Methods and Applications of Investment Appraisal -- Part IV. Multi-Criteria Methods and Simultaneous Decision-Making -- Part V. Methods and Models that Incorporate Uncertainty.
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This book provides essential insights into a range of newly developed numerical optimization techniques with a view to solving real-world problems. Many of these problems can be modeled as nonlinear optimization problems, but due to their complex nature, it is not always possible to solve them...
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