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Multi-criteria risk management with the use of DecernsMCDA: methods and case studies

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  • Boris Yatsalo

    (National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (IATE NRNU MEPHI)
    IATE NRNU MEPHI)

  • Sergey Gritsyuk

    (National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (IATE NRNU MEPHI)
    IATE NRNU MEPHI)

  • Terry Sullivan

    (Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL))

  • Benjamin Trump

    (University of Michigan School of Public Health)

  • Igor Linkov

    (U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center)

Abstract

Emerging challenges of risk management, environmental protection, and land-use planning requires integration of stakeholder values and expert judgment. The process of decision making in situation of high uncertainty can be assisted through the use of decision support systems (DSSs). Such DSSs are often based on tools for spatial data representation (GIS) and environmental models that are integrated using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). This paper presents DecernsMCDA implementing all major types of multi-criteria methods and tools (AHP, MAUT, Outranking) under the same user interface. In addition to providing ability for testing model uncertainty associated with selection of specific MCDA algorithms, DecernsMCDA implements new algorithms for parameter uncertainty analysis based on probabilistic approaches and fuzzy sets. The paper illustrates application of DecernsMCDA for selecting remedial alternative at radiologically contaminated sites.

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  • Boris Yatsalo & Sergey Gritsyuk & Terry Sullivan & Benjamin Trump & Igor Linkov, 2016. "Multi-criteria risk management with the use of DecernsMCDA: methods and case studies," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 36(3), pages 266-276, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:36:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s10669-016-9598-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10669-016-9598-1
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