Many decisions can be analyzed and supported by quantitative models. These models tend
to be complex psychologically in that they require the elicitation and combination of …

Structural systems are under deterioration due to ageing, mechanical stressors, and harsh
environment, among other threats. Corrosion and fatigue can cause gradual structural …

The book discusses a new approach to the classification problem following the decision
support orientation of multicriteria decision aid. The book reviews the existing research on …

This paper describes a class of spatial planning problems in which different land uses have
to be allocated across a geographical region, subject to a variety of constraints and …

Distributed green stormwater management infrastructure is increasingly applied worldwide
to counter the negative impacts of urbanisation and climate change, while providing a range …

Stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA) is a family of methods for aiding
multicriteria group decision making in problems with uncertain, imprecise or partially missing …

We contrast the different approaches of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Multiple
Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) to superficially similar problems. The concepts of …

Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves
important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs …

One of the fundamental features of policy processes in contemporary societies is complexity.
It follows from the plurality of points of view actors adopt in their interventions, and from the …

As a result of multiple land use types, spatial heterogeneity, and conflicts of interest among
multiple participants, multi-site land use allocation becomes a complex and significant …