A Decision-making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection

A Decision-Making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection

Design frequently involves a series of tradeoffs to obtain the “optimal” solution to a design problem. Green roofs have many different characteristics based on a variety of variables. Designers typically weigh the impacts of these characteristics in an implicit process based on intuition or past experience. But since vegetated roofing is a relatively complex and comparatively new technology to ...

Decision making framework for utsourcing activities in the banking system

The outsourcing of financial services has been growing during last decades.Inspite of expanding managers awareness about this subject,most of outsourcing projects have been lost due to qualifative decision critera and ignorance of environmental circumstances. The purpose of research is to design a model for making decision about outaourcing activities in banking system.From the point of purpos...

A hybrid decision making system using DEA and fuzzy models for supplier selection in the presence of multiple decision makers

A Knowledge-based Decision Support System for Roofing Materials Selection and Cost Estimating: a Conceptual Framework and Data Modelling

A plethora of materials is available to the modern day house designer but selecting the appropriate material is a complex task. It requires synthesising a multitude of performance criteria such as initial cost, maintenance cost, thermal performance and sustainability among others. This research aims to develop a Knowledge-based Decision support System for Material Selection (KDSMS) that facilit...

A Decision-Making Framework for the Optimal Selection of Suppliers

As supply chains continue to globalize, the need for robust supplier qualification and supplier selection and evaluation programs becomes increasingly critical. In this context, this paper aims to present a methodological approach for the optimization of the procurement processes in today’s globalized supply chains. More specifically, we first provide a categorization of the relevant past resea...