In this article, we present a systematic approach towards decision making for variability in product families in the context of uncertainty. Our approach consists of the following ingredients: A suitable set of architectural views that bridge the gap between customer needs and available technology, a multiview variation modeling technique, the selection of several scenarios of different kinds, ...

While a country is surging ahead from a developing country to the status of a developed nation, the term "Development" has a connotation, both in terms of macro-level or micro-level development. When referred at the country level it becomes macro-level development, while at districts, it becomes microlevel development. At the sub-state level, “District” is the basic unit for all administrative ...

In the complex aeronautical environment, the efforts in terms of operational safety involve the adoption of proactive and reactive measures. The process of investigation begins right after the occurrence of the aeronautical accident, through the initial action. Thus, it is in the crisis scenario, that the person responsible for the initial action makes decisions and gathers the necessary inform...

Decision making in a real-world domain like logistics is challenging for an autonomous technical system like a software agent. In this paper the problem of planning in such an environment is addressed. Classical planning and probabilistic criteria-directed scheduling components are tied together by a metalevel control and supplemented by a sophisticated world model and a risk management module ...

The Pastoral Properties Futures Simulator (PPFS) is a dynamic systems model, developed within a participatory action research partnership with the pastoral industry of Australia’s Northern Territory. The model was purpose-built to support the industry’s strategic planning capacity in the face of environmental, market and institutional uncertainty. The mediated modelling process sought to maximi...

implementation of the risk management concepts into construction practice may enhance the performance of project by taking appropriate response actions against identified risks. this research proposes a multi-criteria group decision making approach for the evaluation of different alternative response scenarios. to take into account the uncertainties inherent in evaluation process, fuzzy logic i...

 Due to the growth of population and industrialization, a great number of problems associated with producing industrial wastes have been created for both the environment and human beings. The industrial waste management in Brujen industrial park, located in the western part of Iran, has been investigated in this study using the environmental rapid impact assessment matrix techn...

Selection of appropriate material is a crucial step in engineering design and manufacturing process. Without a systematic technique, many useful engineering materials may be ignored for selection. The category of multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) methods is an effective set of structured techniques. Having uncomplicated assumptions and mathematics, the MULTIMOORA method as an MADM appro...

Industrial processes are constantly changing owing to increasing demand and technological growth throughout the world. These changes influence environmental, economic, social pillars of sustainable development a large extent. So, production needs be carried via considering viewpoint which should include multi-criteria decision-making in planning. Including multiple criteria planning is signific...