A fuzzy multicriteria evaluation system for the assessment of tunnels vis-à-vis surface roads: The WPMA case - Part II

Panou, KD; Sofianos, AI

dc.contributor.author	Panou, KD	en
dc.contributor.author	Sofianos, AI	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:17:21Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:17:21Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	0886-7798	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14475
dc.subject	Evaluation	en
dc.subject	Road tunnels	en
dc.subject	Scenario analysis	en
dc.subject	Tunneling	en
dc.subject.classification	Construction & Building Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.other	Economic and social effects	en
dc.subject.other	Public policy	en
dc.subject.other	Roads and streets	en
dc.subject.other	Surface roads	en
dc.subject.other	Tunnels	en
dc.subject.other	assessment method	en
dc.subject.other	multicriteria analysis	en
dc.subject.other	road	en
dc.subject.other	tunnel design	en
dc.subject.other	tunneling	en
dc.title	A fuzzy multicriteria evaluation system for the assessment of tunnels vis-à-vis surface roads: The WPMA case - Part II	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0886-7798(02)00007-X	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0886-7798(02)00007-X	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	The Fuzzy Multicriteria Evaluation System (FUMES) is applied on a real evaluation problem such as the Western Peripheral Motorway of Athens (WPMA). The lack of a formal development model of the study area suggested an evaluation strategy, which is characterized by the high uncertainty of the evaluation environment. This has resulted in using judgments when quantitative information on the performance of the tunnel or the surface road was not available. It also resulted in employing a relatively large number of alternative scenarios to deal with the different policy goals. The attempted impact analysis generated crisp and fuzzy scores for each competing alternative. The different scenarios under which the various alternatives were evaluated are of two types: socio-economic and policy scenarios. Subsequently, the criteria weights were computed using the Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis and the different CBA and MCA methods were applied. Finally, the output of the evaluation determined that the surface road is the most 'stable' solution for all the 'extrovert' development scenarios, while the tunnel is more preferable for all the 'introvert' development scenarios. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0886-7798(02)00007-X	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000177537100013	en
dc.identifier.volume	17	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	209	en
dc.identifier.epage	219	en