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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"MCDA"”.
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Tomada de decisão baseada na abordagem integrada GIS-MCDA
… (GIS) e da Análise de Decisão Multicritério (MCDA). Sua motivação é derivada do fato de que tendo em vista as aplicações dos métodos MCDA em diferentes contextos de tomada de decisão, deve-se considerar o uso dessa abordagem em conjunto com o GIS, visto que as capacidades colaborativas de …
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Legitimacy and decision making in developmental local government : participative MCDA in Stellenbosch
This thesis is concerned with the problem of how to effectively address the complex issue of poverty in the context of limited resources. Poverty is a multi-dimensional problem that affects different communities in different ways. In order to use the available resources in such a way as to most …
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Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Interventions on Reducing Campylobacter jejuni Contaminations on Processed Chicken
… A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach can compare and rank multiple food safety interventions, using weighted criteria, and help select interventions that could reduce campylobacteriosis illnesses attributable to chicken. This study applied a structured Multi-Criteria …
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Implementation of a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Toolkit to Aid in Ranking Naval Mission Vessel Combinations With Uncertainty
… Et Choix Traduisant la Realité (Electre) III MCDA model will be used to simulate a variety of naval fleet placement factors, weights, and decision maker (DM) preferences to aid in selection of mission scenarios.</p>
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Assessing the transportation of liquid fuels in South Africa using multi-criteria decision analysis: a conceptual framework and case study
… of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) model, which can be used to aid decision makers in the planning and assessment of liquid fuel transportation projects. A key feature of this thesis is the incorporation of a stochastic analysis in the MCDA model. There are two key motivations …
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Effective selection of countries in sub-Saharan Africa for independent wind power producers using a multiple criteria decision analysis
… to enter. Multi Criteria Decision Analyses or MCDA is one of the most preferred of many different decision analyses methods. MCDA ranks a set of criteria in order of importance and then, based on the results, ranks alternatives. There are many MCDA methods available and the most often used …
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Multi-attribute value measurement and economic paradigms in environmental decision making
… valuation and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) differ fundamentally in their underlying philosophies and approach; hence they are characterised as paradigms. The EE paradigm includes the idea that, if appropriate prices can be found and implemented for goods not normally traded on the …
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Metodologie Analytic Hierarchy Process ibride per applicazioni di Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis ai processi di Procurement
… di soddisfazione. Gli studi realizzati in ambito MCDA hanno originato due differenti scuole di pensiero: la scuola francese basata principalmente sul concetto di outranking e la scuola americana delle Multi - Attribute Utility and Value Theories; a quest ultima appartiene l Analytic Hierarchy …
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Analyzing sustainable energy in developing countries: Selected South African case studies
… made. Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) approach a range of GHG mitigation options are compared in a developing country context. The thesis reports on environmentally friendly development paths derived from the application of the Goal Programming extension of MARKAL. Finally it …
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Evaluation of cost effective approaches for nutrient removal in urban stormwater and wastewater: City of Fort Collins case study
… within a multi-criterion decision analysis (MCDA). Existing wastewater discharges of nitrogen and phosphorus are 2.0 and 1.5 times larger than those from stormwater, respectively. Removal efficiencies from these discharge nutrient levels were found to be between 7.5% and 30% for wastewater …
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Value proposition analysis for medium- and heavy- lift cargo unmanned aircraft systems
… market. A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool was developed to analyze the value proposition for cargo UAS compared to other transportation vehicles. The MCDA tool evaluated the value generated from three different value attributes: cost, time, and vehicle characteristics. These were …
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Assessing benefits and consequences of water conservation and fit for purpose water systems
… and Multi-Criteria Decision Analyses (MCDA) were used to develop a set of indicators to assess water demand reduction strategies. To demonstrate the use of indicators to inform water management decisions, TBL indicator analysis was performed on Globeville-Elyria-Swansea (GES) community …
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Addressing deep reinforcement learning: empirical algorithm performance evaluations∗
… guideline. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is discussed as a potential framework that offers a data aggregation procedure that resolves the two aforementioned problems with RL evaluations. Combining the use of MCDA with our insights from the literature, we propose an improved guideline …
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A theory evaluation and programme implementer decision analysis for two therapy-driven programmes operating in the disability and rehabilitation sector
… this, three multi-criteria decision analyses (MCDAs) using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) were conducted. The MCDAs were intended to establish which implementer (an occupational therapist or a community worker) is most preferred by CC’s current programme stakeholders. The participants …
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Technical and economic assessment of renewable hydrogen production and utilization for the transportation sector
… (TEA) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods. For the renewable hydrogen production technologies, a literature review indicates that polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolysis technology has quickly become a prominent method for renewable hydrogen production due to its …
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Evaluating Different Multi-Criteria Decision Methods for the Comparison and Investigation of Public Transport Projects
… this research, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods were investigated and used. The objective of this research was to evaluate the MCDA methods available and establish it as an alternative or supplementary method, or tool, that public transport planners could use when evaluating public …
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Planning for the strategic management of South Africa's West Coast rock lobster fishery : an integrated approach to group decision support
… together with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). An integration of these two approaches has recently been suggested by researchers, for several reasons. Firstly, different phases of an intervention usually involve different tasks. Secondly, mixing methodologies will enable different aspects …
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New non-additive integrals in Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis
… More precisely, standard fuzzy integrals used in MCDA request that the starting evaluations of a choice on various criteria must be expressed in terms of exact-evaluations. We present the robust Choquet, Shilkret and Sugeno integrals, computed with respect to an interval capacity. These are quite …
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Electroencephalography of premature infants
… concordance between monochorionic-diamniotic (MCDA) and dichorionic-diamniotic (DCDA) twins. Methods: Two cohorts of preterm infants <32weeks GA were recruited from 2009-2014 (cohort 1; 2009 – 2011 and cohort 2; 2013 – 2014). All infants had continuous conventional video-EEG monitoring. The …
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Web 2.0-based Collaborative Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System: A Case Study of Human-Computer Interaction Patterns
… of GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) capabilities into the Web 2.0 platform offers an effective Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System (MC-SDSS) with which to involve the public, or a particular group of individuals, in collaborative spatial decision making. Understanding …
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