scholarly journals The Application of the Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Assess Transport Policy Measures Focusing on Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Nosal Hoy ◽  
Katarzyna Solecka ◽  
Andrzej Szarata
Keyword(s):  
Decision Aid ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Aid

The sustainable development of transport is fostered by innovations. To implement innovations, the European Commission issues different regulations, programs and initiatives and the European Transport Policy has a significant impact on transport policy in the member states. At the same time, transport policy is dynamic and requires new solutions that will allow the planned goals to be achieved. In this context, it is important to analyze the effectiveness of the current innovation policies, and to create recommendations for future actions that bring innovations to the market. This article concerns the subject of innovation policy in the transport sector. It illustrates the possibility of applying one of the methods of the multiple criteria decision aid, i.e., the simple additive weighting (SAW) method to assess the European Union (EU) and national policy measures in surface transport in terms of their influence on the market take-up of innovations. The use of this method allows for the analyzed policy measures to be contemplated in terms of various criteria and to identify those that best meet the adopted criteria, and thus those that could contribute the most to the stimulation of innovation. The article focuses on the method itself, indicating its flexibility and ease of use, while the analyzed collection of policy measures constitutes only the background of the deliberations.

A Multiple criteria decision aid for personnel scheduling

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Patrick Koelling ◽  
James E. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Decision Aid ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Personnel Scheduling ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Aid

scholarly journals Overview of salient economic features of the modes of freight transport for use in the formulation of national transport policy in South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wessel Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Cost Structures ◽  
The Cost

Defining the economic role of the various modes of freight transport should be one of the basic ingredients of both an economically rational transport policy and the effective functioning of the existing free freight transport market in South Africa. In the interest of the national economy and in the commercial interest of freight carriers, national policy on freight transport should take cognisance of (1) why governments involve themselves in transport, (2) the policy instruments of governments that affect the performance of the freight transport sector, and (3) the salient economic features of the freight transport market that should be considered in the formulation of transport policy. The goal of the research was to compile an overview of these three aspects. The research approach and methodology combine (1) a literature survey; (2) an analysis of the cost structures of freight transport modes; and (3) interviews conducted with specialists in the freight transport industry.

scholarly journals Transformation of criteria with a-priori chosen optimal values

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Askoldas Podviezko ◽  
Valentinas Podvezko
Keyword(s):  
Decision Aid ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Optimal Values ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Aid

Aim of multiple criteria decision-aid (MCDA) methods is to find the best alternative among the ones that are available or to rank alternatives in the order of preference. There are the following core pillars of the methods: the set of criteria and matrix with values of criteria that characterise the evaluated alternatives (decision matrix); and vector of weights that reflect relative importance of criteria. Usually, two types of criteria are used by researchers. Maximising criteria (e.g. profits) reflect a better situation whenever the larger value has been attained. While in case a criterion is minimising (e.g. costs), the better situation is reflected when its value is smaller. Such situations, when the best value of a criterion has a certain value, which differs from the maximal or the minimal, are usually not considered. This paper aims to fill this gap. Such criteria will be named as criteria with a-priori chosen optimal values. The aim of the paper is to propose appropriate types of transformation for criteria with a-priori chosen optimal values. Such transformations appear to be general and can be used with all three types of criteria.

Acceptability of Transport Pricing Measures Among Public and Professionals in Europe

2003 ◽  
Vol 1839 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Link ◽  
John Polak
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
The Road ◽  
Factors Influencing

Transport pricing has been an actively debated topic in the European Union for a number of years. This debate has been stimulated both by the European Commission policy and by a multitude of national policy initiatives. A central theme in this debate is the issue of the public and (linked to this) political acceptability of pricing measures. Indeed, concerns about acceptability now constitute the most significant single barrier to implementation, especially in the road transport sector. The results of recent research undertaken on behalf of the European Commission into the acceptability of different transport pricing measures to professionals and citizens and the factors influencing their acceptability are reported.

Autonomous vehicles as a challenge for the transport policy of the European Union

2018 ◽  
pp. 76-95
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Tomaszewski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
National Level ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Eu

The article refers to the phenomenon of autonomous vehicles in the transport policy of the European Union. Their use in practice results in the need to implement new solutions in the fields of technology, law, economics and politics. The European Union is taking various steps to prepare the Member States for an autonomous revolution. The aim of the article is to conceptualise the basic problems that can be investigated in the subject matter of autonomous vehicles as well as to analyse the position and strategy of the European Union towards autonomous transport. The article uses the decision method. Among the research findings, it should be pointed out that the EU as an international organisation is open and prepared to address the challenges posed by the implementation of autonomous transport. It takes effective action to coordinate the application of new solutions at the national level (in the Member States) as well as at the transnational level. In this way, the transport sector has the chance to dynamically develop and maintain its prominent position as a key sector of the EU economy. The implementation of innovative transport solutions is a conditio sine qua non for the future of this sector.

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