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 MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. PART II – APPLICATIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Jurgita Antuchevičienė ◽  
Oleg Kaplinski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Base ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
General Data

The first part of the paper shortly presented developments of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods and general data about their use in civil engineering, i.e. distribution by years, countries, authors and journals (Zavadskas et al. 2015). The current part of the paper focuses on MCDM application areas and domains. Web of Science Category “Engineering Civil” in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection academic data base is searched for a topic of MCDM. Only articles and review document types are selected for a detailed survey. They are grouped by Research Areas as presented in Web of Science data base. The most numerous research areas as Construction Building Technology, Transportation, Water Resources and Engineering (other topics) are analysed in detail. Research domains and solved problems are described as well as applied MCDM methods are highlighted. A total of 114 articles are reviewed, showing a wide possibilities of applying MCDM methods for civil engineering problems.

scholarly journals BIG DATA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING: A STATE-OF-THE-ART SURVEY

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Kapliński ◽  
Natalija Košeleva ◽  
Guoda Ropaitė
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Core Collection ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Thomson Reuters

Data generation has increased drastically over the past few years. Data management has also grown in importance because extracting the significant value out of a huge pile of raw data is of prime importance while making different decisions. This article reviews the concept of Big Data. The Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection academic database was used to overview publications that contained “BIG DATA” keywords and were included in Web of Science Category under “Engineering”. The analysis of publications was made according to year, country, journal, authors, language and funding agency.

Engineering Analysis Methods for Hydraulic Shell Structures with Infill

2017 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 779-784
Author(s):  
N.Ya. Tsimbelman ◽  
T.I. Chernova ◽  
T.E. Shalaya
Keyword(s):  
Thin Shell ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Shell Structures ◽  
Engineering Analysis ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Theory Of Shells

The article examines the history of development and state-of-the-art of the design theory of structures of filled shells delivered in “Civil Engineering” specialist, MSc, and postgraduate engineering disciplines courses. The analysis of the engineering design methods based on the theory of shells propositions has been performed. Structural numerical model field of application expansion has been proved. The obtained parameters and proposed methods can be used in numerical simulations using finite element method to analyze and design the thin shell structures with soil infill. The propositions reflecting state-of-the-art of the design theory of the structures under consideration have been set; their place in the logic of delivering engineering disciplines taught to civil engineering students has been designated.

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.

Rural tourism and development: Evolution in Scientific Literature and Trends

2020 ◽  
pp. 109634802092653
Author(s):  
José Luis Ruiz-Real ◽  
Juan Uribe-Toril ◽  
Jaime de Pablo Valenciano ◽  
Juan Carlos Gázquez-Abad
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Core Collection ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Prolific Authors ◽  
The Web

This work represents a contribution by showing the state of the art of research on rural tourism and development, identifying trends and proposing future lines and topics of research. Rural tourism and its influence on the economic development of rural areas has been an important and dynamic area of research since 2004. For this purpose, a quantitative bibliometric analysis of the 892 documents related to this topic contained within the Web of Science Core Collection has been carried out. Results show that studies on rural tourism mainly focus on Spain, Romania, and China. However, the most prolific authors are from Portugal, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There is a notable lack of studies focused on countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, mainly due to political and religious factors. Rural tourism is also an important and emergent sector, particularly in countries like Romania and China.

The Pretoria Avenue Bridge—old and new

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 632-648
Author(s):  
D. C. Marett ◽  
C. E. Hanlan
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Functional Structure ◽  
Bridge Site ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vertical Lift ◽  
Technical Features ◽  
Rideau Canal ◽  
Past State

This paper describes a historic civil engineering bridge site on the Rideau Canal. The history of the site is traced from 1882, when the first bridge was built, to the time of the existing modern structure. Most of the bridges were of the movable type, being either swing or vertical lift structures. The present bridge, which was built in 1980–1981, was designed taking into consideration many of the historic features of past bridges especially the latter bridge, which was built in 1915–1917. Various technical features of the new bridge enhance one's perspective of modem design methods when they are compared with past state-of-the-art methods. The resulting bridge is a functional structure that maintains the heritage of the historic bridges and at the same time blends with the environment.

scholarly journals Multi-criteria decision making trends in ecotourism and sustainable tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-340
Author(s):  
Dušan Garabinović ◽  
Miloš Papić ◽  
Marija Kostić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Year 2000

The goal of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of application of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods in papers from the field of ecotourism and sustainable tourism. A search has been done of the relevant terms in titles, abstracts and keywords found in papers from 26 prominent journals from the field of tourism belonging in Web of Science (WoS) Clarivate Analytics. It has been established which MCDM methods were used and who are the most common authors of such papers. A keyword frequency analysis was also performed. It is established there are 39 papers in the field of ecotourism and sustainable tourism where MCDM methods were applied whereby all were published after the year 2000, as well as that their number is constantly increasing.

scholarly journals Bibliometrijske značajke kategoriziranih radova na primjeru časopisa Medijska istraživanja (1995.-2015.)

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Kristina Romić ◽  
Goranka Mitrović
Keyword(s):  
Core Collection ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Thomson Reuters

Cilj. U radu se analizira znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije Medij- ska istraživanja tijekom dva desetljeća njegova izlaženja. Ovaj rad ima za cilj na osnovi određenih bibliometrijskih pokazatelja dobiti uvid u razvoj tog časopisa tijekom dvadesetjednogodišnjeg izlaženja te utjecaj časopisa na znanstvenu zajednicu. Metodologija. Uzorak za istraživanje činili su svi brojevi časopisa od 1995. do 2015. godine s ukupno 276 kategoriziranih radova, na kojima je provedena bibliometrijska analiza. Analizirali su se podatci o dinamici izlaženja, autorstvo, jezik te prisutnost i indeksiranost časopisa u međunarodnom e-okruženju. Rezultati. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da su najzastupljeniji izvorni znanstveni radovi (46 %). Autori koji su objavljivali u Medijskim istraživanjima uglavnom su iz Hrvatske (59,7 %) ili iz zemalja regije (Hrvatska i ostale države nastale raspadom bivše Jugoslavije), pa je tako na 60,3 % kategoriziranih radova s više autora barem jedan autor iz Hrvatske, a na 20,6 % kategoriziranih radova s više autora barem jedan autor iz regije. Ti podatci ukazuju na jaku nacionalnu, odnosno regionalnu orijentaciju časopisa, što se može pripisati jeziku objavljivanja, koji je većinom hrvatski (60,5 %). Citatna analiza časopisa provedena je na podatcima o citiranim objavljenim izvornim znanstvenim i preglednim radovima u Clarivate Analyticsovoj (do 2016. godine Thomson Reuters) citatnoj kolekciji Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) preko opcije Cited Reference Search koja omogućuje provjeru citiranosti i onih časopisa koji nisu zastupljeni u citatnim indeksima WoSCC te na podatcima o citiranosti indeksiranih radova u citatnoj bazi podataka Scopus. Istraživanje je usmjereno na broj i vrstu citata koje su dobili radovi objavljeni u časopisu Medijska istraživanja. Provedena je i analiza citiranih referenci u WoSCC-u te su utvrđeni podatci o količini citiranih jedinica i nazivu, tj. porijeklu časopisa koji su citirali radove iz časopisa Medijska istraživanja, a također su analizirani autori koji su citirali radove Medijskih istraživanja. Utvrđeno je da su 52 rada časopisa Medijska istraraživanja u srpnju 2016. dobila 89 citata, a izračunati h-indeks iznosio je 4. Citatna analiza zastupljenih radova u Scopusu (razdoblje od 2011. do 2015.) pokazuje da je od 71 indeksiranog rada citirano njih 16 s ukupnom citiranošću od 29 citata i h-indeksom 3, promatrano u srpnju 2016. Vrijednost. Rezultati dobiveni ovim istraživanjem mogli bi poslužiti kao smjernice za razvoj časopisa.

A bibliometric overview of volatility

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ezequiel Avilés-Ochoa ◽  
Martha Flores-Sosa ◽  
José M. Merigó
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Core Collection ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Price Volatility ◽  
Business Economics ◽  
The Web

Price volatility is a matter of importance for making decisions in the finance world. The growing studies regarding volatility have focused on minimizing the risks through modeling, estimating and forecasting. This paper presents a bibliometric overview of the most important authors, institutions and countries that work on the topic. Additionally, a historical analysis of how the agents have interrelated is presented. For the purposes of the analysis and the design of tables and graphics, tools from the Web of Science Core Collection and the VOSviewer software were used. The results show the importance of volatility in the study of business economics and decision making.

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