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Advancing Alternative Analysis: Integration of Decision Science. [PDF]

, 2016
Decision analysis-a systematic approach to solving complex problems-offers tools and frameworks to support decision making that are increasingly being applied to environmental challenges.
Ann Blake, Bell DVJ., Charles J. Corbett, Christina M. Batteate, Elsa Olivetti, European Parliament and Council, Giove S, Igor Linkov, Julie M. Schoenung, Kelly D. Moran, Kristina A. Thayer, Lahdelma R, Linkov I, Linkov I, Linkov I, Malloy TF, Malloy TF., Michelle Romero, Nancy K. Ostrom, NAS, NAS, NAS, NAS (National Academy of Sciences), Perez O, Peter Sinsheimer, Robert J. Lempert, Roger McFadden, Steffen Foss Hansen, Thomas P. Seager, Timothy F. Malloy, U.S. EPA, U.S. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Virginia M. Zaunbrecher, William F. Carroll   +33 more
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Multidimensional Approaches to Ranking State‐Level Rurality to Enhance Comparisons Across States

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Single indicators such as rural population percentage can misrepresent a state's rural character, leading to flawed policy comparisons and resource allocation. This study introduces a multidimensional rurality index that combines population share, land area, and population density to create a more comprehensive ranking of US states ...
DANIEL BASLOCK, NARI YOO
wiley   +1 more source

Targeted Systemic Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis in Australia: A Narrative Review

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory skin disease estimated to affect approximately 30% of children and 10%–15% of adults in Australia. Of those with this condition, one in five is estimated to have moderate‐to‐severe disease.
Diana Rubel, Peter Foley, Kathryn A. Gibson, Anita Townsend, Gabrielle Louise Reppen, William Romero Gallardo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Síntese dos Principais Critérios, Métodos e Subproblemas da Seleção de Fornecedores Multicritério

RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to identify the main criteria considered in supplier selection, the main methods used and sub-problems in a multicriteria context. The tasks of identifying the best suppliers of new products or services or even for evaluating
Patricia Guarnieri
doaj   +1 more source

A spatially explicit approach for identifying, prioritizing, and estimating costs associated with potential floodplain easements. [PDF]

J Environ Qual
Abstract Over the past 150 years, land‐use changes from native ecosystems to row crop corn and soybeans have negatively impacted a variety of ecosystem services across the US Corn Belt, including nutrient attenuation, water storage, and habitat. Restoring floodplains in agriculturally dominated landscapes through United States Department of Agriculture
Karnish KD, Zimmerman EK, Tyndall JC, Beck WJ, Geer SG.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The degree of cooperativism in Europe: Towards an evaluation model for cooperative banking

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Democracy, social commitment and proximity are fundamental values of cooperative‐based financial institutions. The degree of cooperativism of an entity (or, by extension, of a territorial area or country) can be associated with the intensity with which the entity promotes the inherent values of cooperatives.
Francisco Salas‐Molina, Juan Juliá‐Igual, Ricardo Palomo‐Zurdo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicriterial analysis in operation strategy: case study with rice purchasers of six retailer firms

Revista Produção Online, 2011
This article aims at presenting a multiple case study in which we measured the prioritization given to competitive factors by six companies that buy rice products for retailing.
Marcelo Fernandes Pacheco Dias, Jaime Evaldo Fernstenseifer, Miguel Afonso Sellitto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selection of portable hard disk drive based upon weighted aggregated sum product assessment method: A case of Indian market

Measurement + Control, 2020
The multicriteria decision-making methodology is utilized to assess different portable hard disk drive alternatives, according to the purchaser/retailer/wholesaler liking with respect to various attributes.
Raman Kumar, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Angad Deep Singh, Sunpreet Singh, Catalin I Pruncu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritizing bat roosts for conservation with a global multicriteria bat roost priority index based on community science

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prioritization in conservation is crucial for the development of efficient and effective decision‐making policies. For many decades, the importance of some species and their habitats has been assessed and applied in conservation legislation, but bats and their diurnal roosts have ofbeen overlooked.
David López‐Bosch, Krizler Tanalgo, Xavier Puig‐Montserrat, Ferran Páramo, Eric Marín, Carles Flaquer, Adrià López‐Baucells   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining and identifying relevant stakeholders to advance effective conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The challenge of defining stakeholders in environmental science and an approach for refining existing definitions. Abstract Stakeholder is a contested term that has spawned a multitude of ad hoc definitions. The ambiguity of these definitions has oftentimes impeded transdisciplinary research in environmental governance and conservation science because ...
Milan Büscher, Felix Przesdzink, Christian Wilhelmy, Laura Herzog, Johannes Halbe, Florian Fiebelkorn   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source