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Advancing Sustainable Development Through Resource Efficiency: Institutional Asymmetries and Firm Capabilities in European Agri‐Food SMEs

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resource efficiency has become a priority for the European agri‐food sector, yet adoption remains uneven across countries and firms. This study examines how European agri‐food small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt resource efficiency practices.
Luisa Marti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multicriteria analysis of stated preferences among freight transport alternatives [PDF]

open access: yes
Stated preferences data can be of different types: choice data, rankings or ratings. In all cases, these data can be used in different ways as inputs of econometric discrete choice models.
Jan De Maeyer   +2 more
core  

A Multicriteria Decision-Making Application to the Conceptual Design of Mechanical Components

open access: yes, 2016
Early design is crucial for the success of the final product. In the conceptual design phase, several constraints, criteria, objectives and disciplines have to be considered.
LEALI, Francesco   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Toward Enhanced Safety Management in Wave Energy Power Plant Construction Projects: FMEA and HAZOP Combination

open access: yesSafety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Consolidated FMEA–HAZOP safety management framework for WEC construction projects. ABSTRACT This study presents an advanced safety management framework for “Wave Energy Converter” (WEC) projects, addressing the inherent uncertainty, technological complexity, and environmental exposure of offshore renewable energy systems.
Panagiotis K. Marhavilas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using DEA to estimate the importance of objectives for decision makers [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we establish further connections between DEA and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis by suggesting a particular way to estimate preference weights for different objectives using DEA.
Laura Riesgo   +2 more
core  

Characterization of animal fat-based biodiesel fuel in the Indian context for optimized sustainable production and management

open access: yesSustainable Chemistry for Climate Action
The fuel attributes of Animal Fat biodiesel are thoroughly investigated in this work through the application of the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) technique. The study precisely focuses on the Indian biodiesel manufacturing industry.
Pradeep Yadav   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

What climate adaptation can learn from evolutionary adaptation

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Evolutionary and climate adaptation both describe how complex systems respond to environmental change, either via natural selection or deliberate human choices. Although adaptation in both contexts is expected to produce favorable outcomes, it can also result in maladaptation—ineffective, unintended, or harmful outcomes. As an emerging area of
Amy Waananen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Consensus Framework for Evaluating Dispute Resolution Alternatives in International Law Using an Interval-Valued Type-2 Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This research is motivated by the arbitrary nature of decision-making environments and the dynamic changes in decision patterns, particularly in international dispute resolution.
Ibrahim Yilmaz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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