with the complexity and amount of information in a wide variety of comparative performance reports in poultry production, making a decision is difficult. this problem is overcomed only when all data can be put into a common unit. for this purpose, five different decision making analysis approaches including  maximin, equally likely, weighted average, ordered weighted averages and technique for ...

this study analyzes wind energy potentials of zanjan province which located in northwest of iran. renewable energy plans are not fully environmentally safe and different renewable energy plans have different environmental impacts. therefore, site selection is an important issue in the wind turbine installation and therefore, selecting an appropriate wind turbine site requires consideration of m...

A new framework, Decerns, for multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) of a wide range of practical problems on risk management is introduced. Decerns framework contains a library of modules that are the basis for two scalable systems: DecernsMCDA for analysis of multicriteria problems, and DecernsSDSS for multicriteria analysis of spatial options. DecernsMCDA includes well known MCDA methods and...

The European Union effort towards poverty reduction is based on the principle of equitable and participatory Sustainable Human Development. Meeting the terms of this principle entails the consideration of the so called "cross-cutting issues" on development matters. Crosscutting issues are aspects of general interest that ought to be considered at all levels of intervention. They comprise, among...

A new framework, Decerns, for multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) of a wide range of practical problems on risk management is introduced. Decerns framework contains a library of modules that are the basis for two scalable systems: DecernsMCDA for analysis of multicriteria problems, and DecernsSDSS for multicriteria analysis of spatial options. DecernsMCDA includes well known MCDA methods and...

Despite great progress in the quantification of damage costs in recent years, determination of monetary values remains elusive for certain impact categories, including those related to ecosystem acidification, eutrophication, and reduced visibility. One of the objectives of the ExternE-Pol project was to develop a framework based on multicriteria analysis or Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MC...

DEFINITION Multicriteria analysis is generally defined as “a decision-aid and a mathematical tool allowing the comparison of different alternatives or scenarios according to many criteria, often conflicting, in order to guide the decision maker towards a judicious choice” [12]. The set of decision alternatives considered in a given problem is often denoted by A and called the set of potential a...

This work is about the integration of multicriteria tools in geographical information systems. It is a preparation work for a PhD thesis. We present the subject and establish a state of the art. We also propose solutions and tracks that could satisfy the needs felt. Among others, we propose a new method for the visualization of multicriteria information in geographical maps and are planning to ...

The paper deals with ideas of multicriteria decision support with the use of computer based systems. A negotiation problem is considered related to joint realization of a risky innovative project by two parties. It is considered as a multicriteria bargaining problem. A procedure enabling interactive multicriteria analysis and derivation of mediation proposals is proposed. Some results of experi...

How to compromise the best price? A group tacit knowledge-based multicriteria approach Tacit knowledge plays an important role in decision making that is why, in this paper, we propose a group tacit knowledge-based multicriteria approach for decision process. This approach is based on a practical case study in the field of second hand vehicle purchase. This paper proposes ideas and research iss...