Use of multi-criteria decision analysis to identify potentially dangerous glacial lakes

Spatial Database Development of Glaciers and Glacial Lakes in the Identification of Potentially Dangerous Glacial Lakes of Nepal Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

Spatial and attribute database of the glaciers and glacial lakes of whole Nepal had developed by ICIMOD in collaboration with UNEP/RRC-AP in 2001 using remote sensing and geographic information systems techniques. There are altogether 3,252 glaciers covering an area of 5,322 square kilometer with approximately 481 km of ice reserves. The Mahakali River basin comprises 87 glaciers with an area o...

Multi-criteria decision analysis for use in transport decision making

INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS FOR MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING

Dimensional analysis, for multi-criteria decision making, is a mathematical method that includes diverse heterogeneous criteria into a single dimensionless index. Dimensional Analysis, in its current definition, presents the drawback to manipulate fuzzy information commonly presented in a multi-criteria decision making problem. To overcome such limitation, we propose two dimensional analysis ba...

Application of the fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making method to identify nonlinear decision model

A large number of multi-criteria methods have been developed to deal with different kinds of problems. Most of them use a linear aggregation, what is the cause of many shortcomings in solving decision problems. This paper presents how to identify nonlinear multi-criteria decision-making models with using the new fuzzy method: the Characteristic Objects Method (COMET). In this approach, models a...

Chapter 5–multi-criteria Decision Analysis Software Chapter 5–multi-criteria Decision Analysis Software

Through quantitative evaluation of the data and information compiled in the literature review and survey, an explicitly defined list of alternatives and decision criteria to evaluate rehabilitation alternatives was developed for culverts 122 centimeter (48 inch) in diameter or smaller. Relative weights of each criterion were assigned in comparison to the defined alternatives, thereby allowing a...