scholarly journals Introducing the SWOT Scorecard Technique to Analyse Diversified AE Collective Schemes with a DEX Model

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 785
Author(s):  
Janja Rudolf ◽  
Andrej Udovč
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Public Goods Provision ◽  
Transformation Technique ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
Swot Analyses ◽  
Insight Into

Comparing diversified agri-environmental (AE) collective schemes in their capability to provide AE public goods faces great challenges, mostly because of their diversified nature and relatively new way to approach the provision of AE public goods. The state of the art is that there are not yet any common quantitative indicators or data to build a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model to compare it with other practices and to set the strategic plan for the scheme’s improvement. Nevertheless, some qualitative common data of SWOT analyses are available, but the question remains how to simultaneously compare several SWOT analyses in an MCDM model. This study introduces a new way of transforming the qualitative results of SWOT analyses to fit in the MCDM Decision Expert (DEX) model using a special transformation technique SWOT scorecard. The SWOT scorecard evaluates the importance of qualitative results of several SWOT analyses simultaneously in a quantitative way, describing with points how supportive the environment is to each criterion in the DEX model. The SWOT scorecard keeps track of the original results from SWOT analysis and considers the diversity of AE schemes, which results in an appearance of the convergence points. This gives a key for comparing the AE collective schemes in providing AE public goods. Furthermore, it gives a solution for discussing the synergy between aspects that affect AE public goods provision for every AE scheme investigated. The technique is tested via five AE collective schemes in the DEXi program and gives deeper insight into factors that affect each scheme’s performance.

scholarly journals An Overview of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods in Dealing with Sustainable Energy Development Issues

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indre Siksnelyte ◽  
Edmundas Zavadskas ◽  
Dalia Streimikiene ◽  
Deepak Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Sustainability Problems ◽  
Scientific Achievements

The measurement of sustainability is actively used today as one of the main preventative instruments in order to reduce the decline of the environment. Sustainable decision-making in solving energy issues can be supported and contradictory effects can be evaluated by scientific achievements of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. The main goal of this paper is to overview the application of decision-making methods in dealing with sustainable energy development issues. In this study, 105 published papers from the Web of Science Core Collection (WSCC) database are selected and reviewed, from 2004 to 2017, related to energy sustainability issues and MCDM methods. All the selected papers were categorized into 9 fields by the application area and into 10 fields by the used method. After the categorization of the scientific articles and detailed analysis, SWOT analysis of MCDM approaches in dealing with sustainable energy development issues is provided. The widespread application and use of MCDM methods confirm that MCDM methods can help decision-makers in solving energy sustainability problems and are highly popular and used in practice.

Strategy development with SWOT analysis on manufacturing companies in rapid growth: A ceramic industry application

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Feyza Gurbuz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Analysis Strategy ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Potential Strategy

Decision-making is important for organisations, since the consequences of given decisions are identified among the major risk factors for organisations’ future. This study aims to prove the importance of using combined decision-making methods for a successful decision-making for managers. In a ceramics company, multi-criteria decision-making processes were applied for taking quick action for future strategies. SWOT analysis was used for determining potential strategies. After then, multicriteria decision-making methods were used to determine the importance of each potential strategy. Keywords: Multi-criteria decision-making, SWOT analysis, strategy management.

scholarly journals MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING: PART I – A STATE-OF-THE-ART SURVEY

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Jurgita Antuchevičienė ◽  
Oleg Kapliński
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Core Collection ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
History Of

For several decades, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods have been in use to address issues particular to design, organisation and management of constructions. This article reviews the history of MCDM methods since their origins to current times. The academic database Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection was used to overview publications that contain keyword “MCDM” and are included in Web of Science Category “Engineering Civil”. The analysis of publications was made according to their year, state, journals and used MCDM methods.

scholarly journals SWOT Analysis for Architectural and Structural Solutions Interaction Assessment in High-Rise Buildings Design

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Tamošaitienė ◽  
Ernestas Gaudutis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Structural Solutions ◽  
Structural Solution

The article reveals distinctive features of the interaction between architectural and structural solutions for the design of tall buildings as well as spotlights the most distinctive cases of expression. In the contemporary world, interaction is turning into the antithesis of the formerly dominant utilitarian attitude and standardization of tall buildings architectural solutions. Meanwhile, the search for rational structural solutions leads to new possibilities of architectural expression. This necessitates the transformation of a structural solution and its adaptation to the need of a modern architect to be exceptional and noticed. Interaction covers the current as well as retrospective and perspective periods. SWOT analysis was used by the authors of the article to assess the interaction between architectural and structural solutions in tall buildings design, select the most important criteria that could be used searching for rational architectural and structural solutions in future by applying multi-criteria decision making methods.

scholarly journals State-of-the-art review on multi-criteria decision-making in the transport sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Yannis ◽  
Angeliki Kopsacheili ◽  
Anastasios Dragomanovits ◽  
Virginia Petraki
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making

scholarly journals AHP as Multi-criteria Decision Making Technique, Empirical Study in Cooperative Learning at Gulf University

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain Sinjar Alsamaray
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Team Members ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Student Team ◽  
Insight Into

Employment of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to assess the contributions of management student team members is described. The students perform this assessment as well as the subject constrictor. The assessments are correlated with the individual team role-assignments to making a final determine of the contributions of the individual to the team effort. Using this evaluation technique appears to provide candidate student peer input for evaluations. The results demonstrated that the student ranking is more likely influenced by the relative importance of teaming, computering skills and management and by sub-criteria, communication, innovation, determination and cooperation. The study sheds importance insight into an area of multi-criteria decision making and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).

A Bird in the Hand Isn’t Good for Long

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Scherbaum ◽  
Simon Frisch ◽  
Maja Dshemuchadse
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
The Other ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Control Processes ◽  
Folk Wisdom ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract. Folk wisdom tells us that additional time to make a decision helps us to refrain from the first impulse to take the bird in the hand. However, the question why the time to decide plays an important role is still unanswered. Here we distinguish two explanations, one based on a bias in value accumulation that has to be overcome with time, the other based on cognitive control processes that need time to set in. In an intertemporal decision task, we use mouse tracking to study participants’ responses to options’ values and delays which were presented sequentially. We find that the information about options’ delays does indeed lead to an immediate bias that is controlled afterwards, matching the prediction of control processes needed to counter initial impulses. Hence, by using a dynamic measure, we provide insight into the processes underlying short-term oriented choices in intertemporal decision making.

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