There is growing awareness that road investment appraisal, at both project and network
levels, requires joint consideration of multiple criteria that relate to engineering, economic …

This paper develops and then applies a novel approach of combining cost-benefit analysis
(CBA) and multi-criteria analysis (MCA) within a road infrastructure development programme …

ABSTRACT THERE IS INCREASING awareness 1 that the evaluation of transport projects
cannot be meaningfully carried out according to the single criterion of economic efficiency …

The present communication is based on the research undertaken by the author and whose
principal results are detailed in its thesis entitled «Choice of alternatives of road …

A multicriteria decision-making framework to aid the selection of roadway improvement
projects is developed, based on the needs of a state highway agency. Three major factors …

This work compares the outcome of Cost Benefit Analysis and a Multi-Criteria method when
applied to a transport project. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was used, utilising two …

Multi‐objective analysis is a popular tool to solve many economic, managerial and
construction problems. The objective of this research is to develop and implement a …

The problematic of the choice between various alternatives is permanent and crucial in the
projects of road infrastructures. The designer must use objective and global methods for …

Therefore, it is necessary to develop methods accounting for the multicriteria nature of the
problems to be solved (Ackoff, 1968; Jacyna, 2001; Korhonen et al., 1986; Roy, 1990 (2) …

Multicriteria decision analysis is a relatively new technique for assisting decision makers to
assess in an orderly fashion the relative merits of alternative courses of action, where the …