Energy Decisions and the Environment - A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods (INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND) (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) [Kindle Edition]

Benjamin F. Hobbs (Author), Peter Meier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2000

Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies.

Product Details

• File Size: 5372 KB
• Print Length: 271 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 1, 2000)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000WNOPSS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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