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Background: In Iran, the rapid growth of urbanization is in a way that it fits into the appropriate location for urban spaces are not switching. The main consequence of this is failure of service delivery and service system to citizens.
Seyed A Alavi +4 more
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ABSTRACT In recent times, the development of algorithms to delineate water surface maps has significantly boosted flood monitoring and mitigation efforts by utilizing dual polarization, multi‐temporal Sentinel‐1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The Sentinel‐1 mission, with its global land monitoring capability, has been widely employed for SAR ...
Gautam Dadhich +5 more
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ABSTRACT Floods are among the most frequent and damaging natural hazards in India, particularly affecting low‐lying urban areas in the eastern regions such as Cuttack, Odisha. This study aims to develop a flood hazard susceptibility map for the Cuttack district in Odisha, India, using a combined Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy logic ...
Siprarani Pradhan +3 more
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The configuration of WSN design parameters presents a formidable multi‐objective optimization challenge characterized by five competing objectives that exhibit complex interdependencies. Figure 1 illustrates a typical WSN deployment topology showing sensor nodes, cluster heads, coverage areas, and various network conditions including out‐of‐range ...
Sandeep Deshmukh +8 more
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To optimize aluminium–copper alloy compositions and tribological parameters for improved wear performance using an integrated hybrid MCDM approach. The Al–Cu alloy compositions were fabricated through die casting. Their tribological performance was evaluated and optimized using a hybrid Taguchi–AHP–WASPAS methodology under varying loads, sliding speeds,
S. P. Sundar Singh Sivam +3 more
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ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES ON CONSTRUCTING A COMPOSITE INDICATOR TO MEASURE AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to carry out a comparative analysis of alternative methods on constructing composite indicators to measure global sustainability of the agricultural sector.
Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio, Riesgo, Laura
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MCDM Farm System Analysis for Public Management of Irrigated Agriculture [PDF]
In this paper we present a methodology within the multi-criteria paradigm to assist policy decision-making on water management for irrigation. In order to predict farmers' response to policy changes a separate multi-attribute utility function for each ...
Arriaza Balmon, Manuel +2 more
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Analysis of the Method for the Selection of Regions with Concentrated State Aid [PDF]
The paper deals with the analysis of a method used by the Czech Government and the Ministry for Regional Development to select regions with concentrated state aid.
Krejci, Igor, Voriskova, Andrea
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An empirical survey: Can green marketing really entice customers to pay more? [PDF]
This research integrated the Social Cognition Theory and the Engel Kollat Blackwell customers’ purchasing model (EKB model) to synthetically discuss the three kinds of possible relations comprising “does negatively entice”, “does possibly entice” and ...
Ming-Yuan Hsieh
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Should you believe in the Shanghai ranking? [PDF]
This paper proposes a critical analysis of the "Academic Ranking of World Universities", published every year by the Institute of Higher Education of the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai and more commonly known as the Shanghai ranking.
Denis Bouyssou +2 more
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