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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Multi-Criteria Decision Making"”.
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Optimal Sizing of Power Generation Systems Based on Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM)
… and sizing of PV-WT by adopting different Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) optimization approaches. Different approaches have been developed using Multi attribute decision Making (MADM) and Multi Objective Decision Making (MODM). Moreover, sensitivity and uncertainty of MCDM algorithms …
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Páros összehasonlítás mátrixok a többszempontú döntéselméletben = Pairwise Comparison Matrices in Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Döntési helyzetekben általában a legjobb alternatíva kiválasztása, vagy az alternatívák rangsorolása a cél. Ez többszempontú döntési feladatokban különösen nehézzé válhat, hiszen itt általában nincsen olyan alternatíva, amely minden szempont szerint a legjobb. A szempontok súlyozásával és az …
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Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) for the sustainable management of water withdrawals in Alpine watercourses
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Development of Optimal Migration Plan for New Traffic Signal Controllers Using Gis and Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Signal Replacement decisions are often made based on the experience of the Traffic Engineers. These decisions are made while considering the deployment time of the system, the new technology available, and the performance of the system in the given location. However, there is no set of proper …
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Multi-criteria decision making using reinforcement learning and its application to food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) problem
Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods have evolved over the past several decades. In today’s world with rapidly growing industries, MCDM has proven to be significant in many application areas. In this study, a decision-making model is devised using reinforcement learning to carry out …
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"An Investigation of Decomposed and Holistic Judgments in Multiattribute Decision Making: Generalizing the ""Divide and Conquer"" Principle"
… the external validity (the agreement between a decision strategy and an objective criterion) for decomposed and holistic judgments from two popular multi-criteria decision making techniques, Saaty's (1977, 1980) Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and SMARTS, on a variety of dependent measures. …
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A comparative study of the AHP and TOPSIS methods for implementing load shedding scheme in a pulp mill system
… to protect the generators from being damaged. Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) can be applied in determination of the load shedding scheme in the electric power system. In this thesis two methods which are Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to …
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Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling for Best Value Selections in Target Value Design Integrated Project Delivery
… as a whole; a non-biased, transparent, decision-making process is necessary in order to deliver the project objectives within the constraints of the TVD. Thus delivering the expected value for the client and ensuring that all parties achieve project success. The need for this transparent …
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An integrated logistics performance measurement system for logistics management
… and logistics activity metrics; 3) a hybrid multi-criteria decision making methodology, analytic network process (ANP) and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL), to prioritize performance measures and metrics for managerial purposes. The ILPMS developed illustrates the …
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Development of an intelligent decision supporting home energy management system
… by increasing the end users’ participation in decision-making and increasing the awareness that will help consumers to efficiently manage their energy consumption. However the existing demand response (DR) mechanism reduces power consumption based on predetermined policies of load priority …
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Essays in Physicians Preference Items and Inventory Management within the Healthcare Supply Chain
… through two surveys. The second topic builds a decision-making framework for the PPI selection process that can be used by healthcare organizations to make more objective decisions. A Multi-criteria decision making technique is implemented to illustrate the framework.</p>
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Transmission grid expansion constraints in Uganda : going beyond the standard solution
… options as demonstrated elsewhere and quality decision making to minimize constraints faced by transmission grid expansion. In contrast to traditional planning that assesses alternative planning solutions by finding a solution with least cost, the proposed methodology considers all conflicting …
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Implication of national policy on electricity distribution system planning in Kenya
This research project proposes a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method of electricity distribution system planning based on the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) embedded in a 'bottom-up' planning process to investigate the implication of National Policy (Kenya Vision 2030) on …
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Developing a Ranking System for a Product’s Fitness in the Circular Economy - A Case Study in Modular Ski Poles
… grows. This paper presents and demonstrates a multi criteria decision making method of ranking products in their fitness for the circular economy. This methodology uses an analytical hierarchy process and pairwise comparison matrices to evaluate the criteria and scores assigned to each. In …
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A military effectiveness analysis and decision making framework for naval ship design and acquisition
… effectiveness analyses and design tradeoff decisions. It provides an extensive survey of literature for effectiveness analysis and multi-criteria decision making to develop a single consistent philosophy for such analyses. This philosophy is applied to a requirements and effectiveness …
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A decision making framework for cruise ship design
This thesis develops a new decision making framework for initial cruise ship design. Through review of effectiveness analysis and multi-criteria decision making, a uniform philosophy is created to articulate a framework that would enable a designer to more accurately assess what design alternatives …
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A Decison Support System for Multi-Objective Multi-Asset Roadway Asset Management
… in nation magnifies the role of strategic decision making for maintenance of infrastructure. The challenging objective is to maintain the infrastructure asset systems in a state of good repair and to improve the efficiency and performance of the infrastructure systems while protecting and …
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Research on Environmental Performance-oriented Evaluation Method of Indoor Arena Roof System
… description model-performance simulation module-multi-criteria decision-making module." Python was used to develop a toolset for large-scale performance research and design evaluation. The environmental performance evaluation framework abstracts the complex design parameter space of the indoor …
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HOW HEATWAVES ARE CHANGING URBAN LIVABILITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES: A CASE STUDY IN TEN COMMUNITIES
… and associated hazards. Then I apply a Multi-criteria Decision-making tool (TOPSIS) to evaluate the total hazard posed by heat wave components and show how this perspective highlights: a) the heat wave components across the urban areas are distributed unevenly and b) the Multi-criteria …
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A requirements engineering method for COTS-based systems development
… from knowledge engineering, feature analysis, multi-criteria decision-making and argumentation approaches to address the lack of guidance for acquiring requirements to enable evaluation and selection of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software. PORE is designed in part from conclusions drawn …
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