Multi-criteria decision aid approach for the selection of the best compromise management scheme for ELVs: The case of Cyprus

Mergias, I; Moustakas, K; Papadopoulos, A; Loizidou, M

dc.contributor.author	Mergias, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Moustakas, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Papadopoulos, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Loizidou, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:26:42Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:26:42Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	0304-3894	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18188
dc.subject	ELVs	en
dc.subject	Multi-criteria decision aid	en
dc.subject	PROMETHEE	en
dc.subject	Scheme selection	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Environmental	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.other	Function evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	Industrial management	en
dc.subject.other	Numerical methods	en
dc.subject.other	Multi-criteria decision aid	en
dc.subject.other	PROMETHEE	en
dc.subject.other	Scheme selection	en
dc.subject.other	Decision making	en
dc.subject.other	Decision making	en
dc.subject.other	Function evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	Industrial management	en
dc.subject.other	Numerical methods	en
dc.subject.other	decision analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Gaussian method	en
dc.subject.other	multicriteria analysis	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	cost	en
dc.subject.other	Cyprus	en
dc.subject.other	dangerous goods	en
dc.subject.other	European Union	en
dc.subject.other	exhaust gas	en
dc.subject.other	incineration	en
dc.subject.other	investment	en
dc.subject.other	landfill	en
dc.subject.other	law	en
dc.subject.other	noise pollution	en
dc.subject.other	pyrolysis	en
dc.subject.other	recycling	en
dc.subject.other	Cyprus	en
dc.subject.other	Decision Making	en
dc.subject.other	Decision Support Techniques	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental Pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Motor Vehicles	en
dc.subject.other	Normal Distribution	en
dc.subject.other	Refuse Disposal	en
dc.subject.other	Asia	en
dc.subject.other	Cyprus	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Middle East	en
dc.title	Multi-criteria decision aid approach for the selection of the best compromise management scheme for ELVs: The case of Cyprus	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.01.071	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.01.071	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Each alternative scheme for treating a vehicle at its end of life has its own consequences from a social, environmental, economic and technical point of view. Furthermore, the criteria used to determine these consequences are often contradictory and not equally important. In the presence of multiple conflicting criteria, an optimal alternative scheme never exists. A multiple-criteria decision aid (MCDA) method to aid the Decision Maker (DM) in selecting the best compromise scheme for the management of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) is presented in this paper. The constitution of a set of alternatives schemes, the selection of a list of relevant criteria to evaluate these alternative schemes and the choice of an appropriate management system are also analyzed in this framework. The proposed procedure relies on the PROMETHEE method which belongs to the well-known family of multiple criteria outranking methods. For this purpose, level, linear and Gaussian functions are used as preference functions. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Hazardous Materials	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.01.071	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000249262600003	en
dc.identifier.volume	147	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	706	en
dc.identifier.epage	717	en