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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"multicriteria"”.
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Nonlinear multicriteria optimization and robust optimality
… problems in systems engineering, namely, multicriteria optimization and robustness optimization. In fields ranging from engineering to the social sciences designers are very often required to make decisions that attempt to optimize several criteria or objectives at once. Mathematically …
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Multicriteria Optimization in Inverse Radiotherapy Planning
The development of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has greatly enhanced the possibilities of shaping the dose distribution. However, because of physical limitations, even with IMRT a certain dose to organs at risk is unavoidable, so in treatment planning often a compromise between different …
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Multicriteria optimisation in design for reliability
A novel methodology for series-parallel systems’ reliability optimisation has been proposed developed and tested. It formulates the problem as a multi-criteria optimisation, to maximise the subsystem reliabilities while minimising the system cost modelled as a penalty function of component …
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Rank reversal properties of multicriteria decision making models
… are widely accepted as a powerful tool in AHP multicriteria decision making problems based on pairwise comparison. In these models, it might happen that by introducing a new alternative, the original order of alternatives will change. Moreover, it is possible to introduce a new alternative, …
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The treatment of uncertainty in multicriteria decision making
… and many other forms of uncertainty. The multicriteria decision models that are designed to facilitate and aid decision making must therefore consider these uncertainties if they are to be effective. In this thesis, we consider the treatment of uncertainty in multicriteria decision making …
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Multicriteria multistakeholder decision analysis : applications to transportation planning
… Thus, the CLIOSjre Process is a unique multicriteria, multistakeholder decision aid which addresses uncertainty. We hope that this thesis provides the reader with a better understanding of the application, challenges, and opportunities of multicriteria multistakeholder decision aids.
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Multicriteria Approximation of Network Design and Network Upgrade Problems
Network planning has come to great importance during the past decades. Today's telecommunication, traffic systems, and logistics would not have been evolved to the current state without careful analysis of the underlying network problems and precise implementation of the results obtained from those …
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Decision support systems for solving discrete multicriteria decision making problems
… reaching a satisfactory decision when faced by a multicriteria decision making problem. There are clearly two components involved in designing such a system, namely the concept of decision support systems (DSS) and the area of multicriteria decision making (MCDM). The multicriteria decision making …
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Selection of multicriteria decision making methodologies in scenario based planning
This dissertation investigates the application of Multicriteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodologies to the area of scenario based policy planning. We examine how the tools of MCDM can be used to develop a Decision Support System (DSS) that would allow management or policy planners to resolve …
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Fault tolerant design using single and multicriteria genetic algorithm optimization
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1995.
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A Multicriteria Based Quantitative Framework for Assessing Sustainability of Pile Foundations
… project. </p> <p>In this thesis, a quantitative, multicriteria based sustainability indicator for pile foundations is developed that will aid the design and decision making processes of pile foundation projects. Specifically two types of pile foundations, namely, the driven concrete pile and the …
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An application of multicriteria evaluation methodologies to auto restricted zone policies
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984.
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Multicriteria decision support system to delineate water resources planning and management regions
The lack of uniform and integrated water resources regions that support sustainable water management within river basins is a critical issue. Overlapping and redundant efforts in planning and management result from conflicting water resources regions, which hamper Integrated Water Resources …
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An object-oriented approach to structuring multicriteria decision support in natural resource management problems
The undertaking of MCDM (Multicriteria Decision Making) and the development of DSSs (Decision Support Systems) tend to be complex and inefficient, leading to low productivity in decision analysis and DSSs. Towards this end, this study has developed an approach based on object orientation for MCDM …
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Multicriteria Decision Method for Renewable Energy Production: Siting Solar, Wind and SHP Plants in Zimbabwe
Energy plays an enormous role in economic growth, progress, and development. The energy development in Zimbabwe has not been coincident with the rising demand of energy, placing a large strain on existing resources. Most of the energy is powered by coal-fired stations that now require major …
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The integration of Geographical Information Systems with multicriteria decision making techniques to improve poverty eradication planning
Poverty eradication as a policy issue has received significant attention since the promulgation of the South African National Development Plan (NDP). The NDP envisages that by 2030 poverty should be eradicated. To do this government must accurately target their interventions ensuring that the …
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Web 2.0-based Collaborative Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System: A Case Study of Human-Computer Interaction Patterns
The integration 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. …
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