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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
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing National Sustainability Transitions in Europe: A Dynamic MCDA and Clustering‐Based Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study evaluates the sustainable development of 42 European countries using a multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach, based on 29 indicators covering the economic, social, and environmental pillars. All three pillars are assessed both individually and in consolidated form to provide a comprehensive view of countries ...
Una Smailbegovic, Džana Kadric, Edin Kadric, Simon Glöser Chahoud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Threshold Selection for POT Framework in the Extreme Vehicle Loads Analysis Based on Multiple Criteria

Shock and Vibration, 2018
Extreme value of vehicle load plays an important role in bridge design and risk assessment. Peaks over threshold (POT) is a method commonly used in extreme load estimation.
Guangrun Wu, Wenliang Qiu
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Is small beautiful? A multicriteria assessment of small-scale energy technology applications in local governments [PDF]

, 2007
In its 2003 White Paper the UK government set ambitious renewable energy targets. Local governments and households have an increasing role in the overall energy system as consumers, suppliers of smaller-scale applications and citizens discussing energy ...
Agnolucci, Arnstein, Backstrand, Bana e Costa, Bana e Costa, Brans, Cavallaro, Correlje, Del Rio, Diakoulaki, Fiorino, Funtowicz, Gamboa, Gross, Hain, Haung, Hobbs, Hunter, Jonathan Burton, Klaus Hubacek, Mirasgedis, Mitchell, Munda, Munksgaard, O’Connor, O’Neill, Reams, Roy, Saaty, Sims, Smith, Stagl, Warren, Wolsink, Wolsink, Wolsink, Wüstenhagen, Zahedi   +37 more
core   +1 more source

Regional conservation planning tool: A spreadsheet model to support spatial prioritization and resource allocation decisions

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Abstract Prioritization is a central component of natural resource management because conservation needs routinely exceed available resources. Waterfowl and wetland conservation programs in North America are at the forefront of landscape‐scale prioritization and transboundary management decisions due to the migratory nature of ducks, geese, and swans ...
Anastasia Couvillon, Gregory J. Soulliere, David H. Gordon, Diane R. Eggeman, Mohammed A. Al‐Saffar, Dale D. Humburg, James E. Lyons   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis to predict suitability for African swine fever endemicity in Africa [PDF]

, 2014
Background African swine fever (ASF) is endemic in several countries of Africa and may pose a risk to all pig producing areas on the continent. Official ASF reporting is often rare and there remains limited awareness of the continent-wide distribution ...
Costard, S, Ctr Int Rech Agron Dev, De Glanville, W A, Pfeiffer, D U, Vial, L, Wieland, B   +5 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Opportunistic Recharge Enhancement in Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Groundwater supplies are increasingly stressed by climatic trends and multiple competing uses, especially in dryland environments. We propose opportunistic recharge enhancement (ORE) as a cross‐disciplinary, scalable framework to augment groundwater supplies by strategically integrating recharge co‐benefits into existing land and water management ...
Neha Gupta, Ryan Lima, Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey, Caelum Mroczek, Katharine Jacobs, Rayni Lewis, Fern Bromley, Tianfang Xu, Holly Richter, Patrick Broxton, Yoganand Korgaonkar, Travis Zalesky, James Famiglietti, Abraham Springer   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source