Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Case Studies in Engineering and the Environment

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Synopsis

Decision analysis has become widely recognized as an important process for translating science into management actions. With climate change and other systemic threats as driving forces in creating environmental and engineering problems, there is a great need for understanding decision making frameworks through a case-study based approach. Management of environmental and engineering projects is often complicated and multidisciplinary in scope and nature, thus issues that arise can be difficult to solve analytically. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: Case Studies in Engineering and the Environment provides detailed description of MCDA methods and tools and illustrates their applications through case studies focused on sustainability and system engineering applications.
New in the Second Edition:


Addresses current and emerging environmental and engineering problems


Includes seven new case studies to illustrate different management situations applicable at the international level


Builds on real case studies from recent and relevant environmental and engineering management experience


Describes advanced MCDA techniques and extensions used by practitioners


Provides corresponding decision models implemented using the DECERNS software package


Gives a more holistic approach to teaching MCDA methodology with a focus on sustainable solutions and adoption of new technologies, including nanotechnology and synthetic biology

Given the novelty and inherent applicability of this decision-making framework to the environmental and engineering fields, a greater number of teaching tools for this topic need to be made available. This book provides those teaching tools, covering the breadth of the applications of MCDA methodologies with clear explanations of the MCDA process. The case studies are implemented in the DECERNS software package, allowing readers to experiment and explore and to understand the full process by which environmental managers assess these problems.
This book is a great resource for professionals and students seeking to learn decision analysis techniques and apply similar frameworks to environmental and engineering projects

Book details

Edition:
2
Series:
Environmental Assessment and Management
Author:
Igor Linkov, Emily Moberg, Benjamin D. Trump, Boris Yatsalo, Jeffrey M. Keisler
ISBN:
9781000177909
Related ISBNs:
9780367345334, 9780367544386, 9780429326448
Publisher:
CRC Press
Pages:
392
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-09-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2021
Copyright by:
Taylor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science, Technology