This paper proposes a new multi-attribute ranking procedure based on distance from decision-maker preferences. This method has two phases. In the first phase, the decision maker is asked to define the preferred performance for each attribute. In the second phase, Weighted Sum method and new distance-based normalization procedure are used to determine the overall performance rating of alternatives.

1 Department of Agronomy. Federal Technological University of Paraná, Dois Vizinhos, PR, Brazil. 2 Department of Environmental Controls and Rural Constructions. State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil. 3 Graduate Research Assistant at the Animal Sciences Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, U.S.A. 4 Animal Science Department, Federal Tecnhological Unive...

an efficiency-centred hierarchical model is developed to assess the performance ofwastewater treatment plants (wwtps). specifically, a new treatment performance index (tpi) hasbeen proposed to determine the overall treatment performance of wwtp by analysing the tpivalues and the weights of individual treatment phase for overall treatment performance. threemodules have been developed to examine ...

Respirator performance rating tables have been constructed for hot, humid (29 degrees C, 95% RH); hot, dry (49 degrees C, 30% RH); and cold, dry (-32 degrees C, 70% RH) conditions. These tables convey expected wearer performance percentages compared to unmasked workers for various mask elements and work rates. The hot, humid condition was found to be the most severe overall. Many table entries ...

1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900 Maringá PR, Brazil. (GC) [email protected] 2Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil. Alterations on piscivorous diet following change in abundance of pre...

In this paper hypotheses are derived from the foreign direct investment literature regarding the performance of the multinational food processors. As a group, it is expected that the subject firms will perform poorly in the international environment in comparison to other multinationals. It is also considered whether foreign direct investment theory can help identify strategies that might be us...