Essays about: "Weighted Multi-Criteria Analysis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 essays containing the words Weighted Multi-Criteria Analysis.

1. 11. A sustainability assessment for public buses : A multi-criteria approach

   University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och miljöteknik

   Author : Eamon Magorrian; [2018]
   Keywords : MCA; Transport; Sustainability; Efficiency; Cost; Bus; HVO; FAME; Bioethanol; Biogas; BEV; Weighting;

   Abstract : Many city planners, regional authorities and transport providers are tasked with the challenging job of selecting which type of public buses are suited to their location and priorities. The challenges of which are multidimensional in nature due to different policies to adhere to as well as economic, environmental and technical tradeoffs between options. READ MORE

3. 12. Sustainability Assessment for Small Scale Biogas in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

   University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

   Author : Dintani Yudhitya Noorzakiah Naihma; [2017]
   Keywords : household biogas; multi criteria analysis; emission savings; environment benefit; biofertilizer;

   Abstract : The study evaluates sustainability aspects of small scale biogas production in Yogyakarta Province of Indonesia. Growing number of livestock (i.e. READ MORE

4. 13. A GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis of wind farm site suitability in New South Wales, Australia, from a sustainable development perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Michaela Bobeck; [2017]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; MCDA; wind farm; site suitability; Australia; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The interest for renewable energy within Australia is growing and the New South Wales (NSW) Government has committed to a Renewable Energy Target scheme of 20 percent renewable energy by 2020. Wind energy is a mature renewable energy resource, which has been successfully deployed for electricity generation around the world. READ MORE

5. 14. Quantitative model of present and future well-being in the EU-28 : a spatial multi-criteria evaluation of socioeconomic and climatic comfort factors

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Joakim Jörwall; [2017]
   Keywords : GIS; well-being; multi-criteria evaluation; EU-28; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; UTCI; Tourism Climatic Index; Predicted Mean Vote; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Fuzzy membership; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Both within the EU and within other regions/countries, there is a need to measure and monitor the well-being/Quality of Life (QoL) of people, in order to identify, anticipate, and address potential social or economic problems, at national and regional levels. This study presents a model to quantitatively estimate the spatial well-being (QoL) distribution across the EU-28 member states down to the municipal level, using tools offered by GIS. READ MORE

6. 15. Comparisons between different multi-criteria decision analysis techniques for disease susceptibility mapping

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Shuzhi Dong; [2016]
   Keywords : TOPSIS; multi-criteria decision analysis; AHP; OWA; disease susceptibility mapping; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; geomatics; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Geographic information system multi-criteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) procedure can combine criterion maps together and associated the criterion weights to acquire an overall value for each spatial location in the research area. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), Ordered Weighted averaging (OWA) are three generic algorithms of multi-criteria decision analysis. READ MORE