The aim of this paper is to present a combination ofNLP andMultiple Criteria Decision-Aid (MCDA) in order to reach an effective analysis when dealing with linguistic data from various sources. The coexistence of these two concepts has allowed us, based on a set of actions and criteria, to develop a coherent system that integrates the entire process of textual data analysis (no-voweled Arabic te...

The selection of metrics for ecosystem restoration programs is critical for improving the quality and utility of design and monitoring programs, informing adaptive management actions, and characterizing project success. The metrics selection process, that in practice is left to the subjective judgment of stakeholders, is often complex and should simultaneously take into account monitoring data,...

Land-use planning and environmental management often requires an implementation of both geospatial information analysis and value-driven criteria within the decision-making process. DECERNS (Decision Evaluation in Complex Risk Network Systems) is a web-based distributed decision support system for multi-criteria analysis of a wide range of spatially-explicit land management alternatives. It int...

Despite great progress in the quantification of damage costs in recent years, determination of monetary values remains elusive for certain impact categories, including those related to ecosystem acidification, eutrophication, and reduced visibility. One of the objectives of the ExternE-Pol project was to develop a framework based on multicriteria analysis or Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MC...

Environmental risk assessment and decision-making strategies over the last several decades have become increasingly more sophisticated, information-intensive, and complex, including such approaches as expert judgment, cost-benefit analysis, and toxicological risk assessment. One tool that has been used to support environmental decision-making is comparative risk assessment (CRA), but CRA lacks ...

his chapter first introduces the main issues of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). his involves discussion on some well-known MCDA methods. Next it describes some anking irregularities when some MCDA methods are used. Ranking irregularities occur hen certain manipulations on the structure of a simple MCDA problem are performed. hough a plethora of MCDA methods have been proposed to analyz...

In this paper, we present the ER-MCDA methodology for multi-criteria decision-making based on imperfect information coming from more or less reliable and conflicting sources. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP ), Fuzzy Sets, Possibility and Belief Functions theories are combined to take a decision based on imprecise and uncertain evaluations of quantitative, qualitative criteria. Classical agg...