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Stakeholder driven development of a multi-criteria decision analysis tool for purchasing off-patent pharmaceuticals in Kuwait

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2019
Background In Kuwait, the government is planning to improve the specifications for purchase of medicine and to improve the tendering system intending to slow the growth of the expenditure for medicine and to improve the sustainability of the healthcare ...
Ali Hadi Abdullah, Anke-Peggy Holtorf, Maryam Al-Hussaini, Jacinthe Lemay, Maryam Alowayesh, Zoltán Kaló   +5 more
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Regional Sustainability Assessment Under Risk and Uncertainty: A Water–Energy–Food Based Framework

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regional sustainability assessment requires integrated structures that can examine the interactions between Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems, socio‐economic risk conditions, and performance outcomes under uncertainty. This study proposes a multidimensional framework that combines a suitability index, composite sustainability indicators ...
Murat Oturakci
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From Waste to Value: A Data‐Driven Framework for Sustainable Raw Materials Substitution in the Ceramic Industry

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With increasing geopolitical risks, environmental pressures, and regulatory demands, the sustainable sourcing of raw materials has become a global priority for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG
Francesco Parisi, Luciana Randazzo, Davide Settembre Blundo, Isabella Ganci, Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo, Mauro Francesco La Russa   +5 more
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Application of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) for the selection of pharmacological treatments / Aplicação da análise de decisão baseada em múltiplos critérios para seleção de tratamentos farmacológicos

Brazilian Journal of Health Review, 2020
Introduction: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a tool that assists in the management of health systems, in which economic assessments are frequently applied. It is possible that the use of multicriteria analysis (MCDA) increases the quality of decisions.
de Castro, Juliana Pereira, Mosegui, Gabriela Bittencourt Gonzalez, da Costa, Talita Martins Alves   +2 more
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Optimizing Eco‐Industrial Park Site Selection for Circular Supply Chains: A Novel Hybrid Decision‐Making Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eco‐Industrial Parks (EIPs) are critical infrastructure for transitioning to sustainable production and consumption patterns, enabling resource efficiency through industrial symbiosis. However, the success of these circular ecosystems depends heavily on strategic location planning that balances conflicting economic, environmental, and social ...
Ertugrul Ayyildiz, Betul Sasmazturk
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ELECTRE I Method Using Hesitant Linguistic Term Sets: An Application to Supplier Selection

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2016
Decision making is a common process in human activities. Every person or organization needs to make decisions besides dealing with uncertainty and vagueness associated with human cognition.
Ali Fahmi, Cengiz Kahraman, Ümran Bilen
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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Food Safety Risk Management: The Case of Dioxins in Baltic Fish

Foods, 2022
The Swedish risk management case of Baltic fatty fishes, in which dioxin levels may be too high, is a typical multidimensional food safety decision problem involving public health, economic, environmental and socio-cultural aspects.
Beshir M. Ali, M. G. Andersson, B. H. P. van den Borne, M. Focker, H. J. van der Fels-Klerx   +4 more
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Assessment of Groundwater Potential Zone mapping approach for semi-arid environments using GIS-based Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Multiple Influence Factors (MIF) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) techniques in Buchakewadi Watershed, Maharashtra, India

, 2022
Abstract Groundwater is an essential factor in the aquifer recharging and management for the drinking, irrigation, and economy. Currently unpredictable rainfall due to climate change and pollution on the earth's surface, these problems directly affect the demand for groundwater in the more affected area of the globe.
S. P. Shinde, V. N. Barai, B. K. Gavit, S. A. Kadam, A. A. Atre, R. D. Bansod   +5 more
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Artificial Intelligence for Blue Transformation: A Review of Predictive Modeling and Decision Support Systems in Sustainable Aquaculture

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The FAO's “blue transformation” roadmap necessitates a fundamental shift towards precision aquaculture to meet global food security targets while minimizing environmental footprints. This review provides a comprehensive overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) and decision support systems (DSS) serve as pivotal enablers for the “better ...
Mustafa Öz, Enes Üstüner
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-Criteria Decision Model based on AHP and Linguistic Information

Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2014
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is a usual activity among organisations and decisions related to people’s activities. Due to the complexity of considering multiple criteria, to select an alternative is a non-trivial task. From operative levels to
Marcelo J. Karanik, Sergio D. Gramajo, Leonardo S. Wanderer, Manuel Gimenez, Diana Carpintero   +4 more
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