Dealing with a multiple criteria environmental problem with interaction effects between criteria through an extension of the Electre III method

2015 ◽  
Vol 245 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bottero ◽  
V. Ferretti ◽  
J.R. Figueira ◽  
S. Greco ◽  
B. Roy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Electre Iii

scholarly journals A Participatory Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis to Tackle a Complex Environmental Problem Involving Cultural Water Heritage and Nature

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Chen ◽  
Dawei Han
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Conflicting Objectives

Multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods have shown advantages in supporting decision-making with problems that confront conflicting objectives. However, current applications to complex environmental problems featuring the dynamic social sphere, particularly problems involving cultural heritage and nature, have yet to substantially reflect this. The dynamic social sphere reflects the demand for scenario forecasting in decision-making support. This knowledge gap has not been addressed sufficiently in MCDA research. A participatory MCDA method is hence proposed as a merger with Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) as the scenario forecasting. The MCDA is then carried out to tackle a complex environmental problem caused by traditional food production in a historic town, Daxi in Taiwan. The result reveals a remarkable willingness to support this issue of a historically significant industry causing detriment to environment (with WTP estimate of 128,700,000 USD from the public) and suggests a plan that applies multiple policy instruments rather than following a potentially adverse polluter-pays principle. This manifests the authors’ argument that recognition of heritage significance has dramatically affected selection of policy instruments and provides a critical recommendation to the local government which has struggled to find solutions. The proposed MCDA also highlights its participatory aspect for addressing issues involving cultural heritage, supported by several key steps, in particular the intervention-impact value tree building, the scenario forecasting and the sensitivity analysis.

scholarly journals A MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION‐MAKING APPROACH TO THE SELECTION OF CONCRETE PUMPS

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Ulubeyli ◽  
Aynur Kazaz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Equipment Selection ◽  
Electre Iii ◽  
Robust Decisions ◽  
Selection Of

In this study, the ELECTRE III method, which is one of the most common techniques among multiple criteria decision‐making (MCDM) approaches, was considered in a selection problem of concrete pumps. As a methodological framework, a two‐step questionnaire survey was conducted by 70 firms that have and use concrete pumps. A solution of the problem was then found in the light of the real world data by means of ELECTRE III. The paper can be of value to researchers studying the anatomy of decision‐making in equipment selection in general and investigating selection criteria of concrete pumps in particular. It also contributes to the academic environment as an application practice of ELECTRE III to correspond with the nature of equipment selection and as an effective means for the formalization of knowledge possessed by industrial practitioners. On the practical side, ELECTRE III offers an efficient and convenient tool that forces the users into orderly and methodical thinking, and guides them in making logical and robust decisions. In addition, the example illustrated in the present study can be helpful for decision‐makers dealing with similar equipment selection issues. Santrauka Šio tyrimo ELECTRE III metodas – vienas dažniausiai taikomų metodų iš daugiatikslių sprendimo priėmimo metodų – buvo pritaikytas betono siurblių parinkimo uždaviniui spręsti. 70 įmonių buvo apklaustos dviem etapais. Tuomet buvo išspręstas realus uždavinys realiais duomenimis, taikant ELECTRE III metodą. Straipsnis gali būti naudingas tyrėjams, nagrinėjantiems įrenginių parinkimo uždavinių prigimtį ir esmę. Šis straipsnis turi akademinę ir praktinę vertę, nes išreiškia efektyvių sprendimų priėmimo proceso esmę ir pateikia tvirtą sprendimo priėmimo pagrindą. Pateiktas praktinio uždavinio sprendimas yra gera metodinė priemonė parenkant statybinius mechanizmus.

scholarly journals Prioritization of rehabilitation interventions for urban water assets using multiple criteria decision-aid methods

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 1007-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Carriço ◽  
D. I. C. Covas ◽  
M. Céu Almeida ◽  
J. P. Leitão ◽  
H. Alegre
Keyword(s):  
Decision Aid ◽  
Maximum Flow ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Electre Iii ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Sanitary Sewer ◽  
Electre Tri ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Aid

The aim of this paper is to compare sorting and ranking methods for prioritization of rehabilitation interventions of sewers, taking into account risk, performance and cost. For that purpose multiple criteria decision-aid (MCDA) methods such as ELECTRE TRI for sorting and ELECTRE III for ranking are applied in a real case-study and the results obtained are compared. The case study is a small sanitary sewer system from a Portuguese utility located in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. The problem to investigate is the prioritization of the sewer candidates for rehabilitation. The decision maker (a panel group of specialists) has chosen five assessment measures: water level and maximum flow velocity (hydraulic performance indices), sewer importance and failure repair cost (collapse-related consequences of failure) and the risk of collapse. The results show that the outcomes from ELECTRE III are easier to understand than those from ELECTRE TRI method. Two different sets of weights were used, and the sorting and ranking results from both methods were found to be sensitive to them. ELECTRE TRI method is not straightforward as it involves technical parameters that are difficult to define, such as reference profiles and cut levels.

Imageability and Body-Object Interaction Effects in Multisyllabic Word Recognition

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen D. R. Bennett ◽  
A. Nicole Burnett ◽  
Paul D. Siakaluk ◽  
Penny M. Pexman
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Object Interaction
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