Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and the Analytic Network Process for the assessment of different wastewater treatment systems

Bottero, Marta; Comino, Elena; Riggio, Vincenzo Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.04.002

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“…The favourable concerns are called benefits, while the unfavourable ones are called costs; the uncertain concerns of a decision are the positive opportunities that the decision might create and the negative risks that it can entail (Bottero et al 2011). Each of these four concerns utilizes a separate structure for the decision.…”

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Integrating multicriteria evaluation and data visualization as a problem structuring approach to support territorial transformation projects

Lami

Abastante

Bottero

et al. 2014

EURO Journal on Decision Processes

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Large freight or passenger transport projects are problematic and controversial because many financial, technical, environmental and social aspects need to be considered. Indeed, the interface between the transport project and territorial planning domains is generally the focus of considerable heated debates, which often develop into conflicting decision contexts characterized by a high level of complexity. This paper presents a possible response to these difficulties through an innovative approach that integrates the analytic network process and the interactive visualization tool. The approach is intended to be deployed as problem structuring method, with a view to creating a common language for the actors involved and a shared basis for generating fruitful discussions. The proposed approach was applied in the context of the German section of the Genoa-Rotterdam railway corridor within the Interreg IVB NWE Project ''Code24''. The reported application shows how the combination of visualization and real-time interaction with spatial data provided effective decision support to a multinational stakeholder group. More generally, the application presented in this paper aims to demonstrate the potential 123EURO J Decis Process (2014) 2:281-312 DOI 10.1007/s40070-014-0033-x of the approach for the selection of a transport improvement strategy within the content of territorial transformation.

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Section: Appendix: Analytic Network Processmentioning

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Integrating multicriteria evaluation and data visualization as a problem structuring approach to support territorial transformation projects

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Abastante

Bottero

et al. 2014

EURO Journal on Decision Processes

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“…• Use of natural resources (NR) shows the consumption of natural resources, mainly energy, which is determined by the different treatment technologies [26].…”

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Selecting a Sustainable Disinfection Technique for Wastewater Reuse Projects

Curiel-Esparza

Cuenca-Ruiz

Martin-Utrillas

et al. 2014

Water

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This paper presents an application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) by integrating a Delphi process for selecting the best sustainable disinfection technique for wastewater reuse projects. The proposed methodology provides project managers a tool to evaluate problems with multiple criteria and multiple alternatives which involve non-commeasurable decision criteria, with expert opinions playing a major role in the selection of these treatment technologies. Five disinfection techniques for wastewater reuse have been evaluated for each of the nine criteria weighted according to the opinions of consulted experts. Finally, the VIKOR method has been applied to determine a compromise solution, and to establish the stability of the results. Therefore, the expert system proposed to select the optimal disinfection alternative is a hybrid method combining the AHP with the Delphi method and the VIKOR technique, which is shown to be appropriate in realistic scenarios where multiple stakeholders are involved in the selection of a sustainable disinfection technique for wastewater reuse projects.

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“…AHP, which combines qualitative analysis and quantitative calculation, is regarded as a robust and flexible multicriteria decision-making tool to deal with complex decision problems (Bottero et al 2011). In the analysis, the complex problem can be divided into several sub-problems which are organized according to hierarchy levels.…”

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A new profile control design based on quantitative identification of steam breakthrough channel in heavy oil reservoirs

Liu

Pang

et al. 2013

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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Steam breakthrough has a great negative influence on the development of steam flooding in heavy oil reservoirs. In this article, a new profile control design based on quantitative identification of steam breakthrough channel is introduced. Firstly, dual-sandpack experiments are conducted to study the characteristics and influencing factors of steam breakthrough. Then based on the experimental results as well as pretreatment and combination of geological parameters and production data, comprehensive identification parameter (CIP) is achieved through the analytic hierarchy process to quantitatively describe the degree of steam breakthrough. Afterward, the breakthrough types of production wells are determined by CIP and the volume of breakthrough channels and profile control parameters among the injector and the producers are calculated according to the tapering distribution of steam breakthrough in the process of steam flooding in heavy oil reservoirs. The experiment results show that there exists a large difference between breakthrough channels and nonbreakthrough areas in temperature and oil recovery. Permeability contrast is an important factor, which influences the direction of steam breakthrough, and temperature has a great correlation with oil recovery under the heterogeneous condition. The determination of CIP is an attempt to quantify the degree of breakthrough and it combines many factors, which show the difference between the injector and the producer, as well as the difference between producers. All producers of the steam flooding well group can be divided into complete breakthrough wells with CIP over 0.5 and incomplete breakthrough wells with CIP below 0.5 for calculating conveniently. Based on the tapering distribution of the steam breakthrough channel, blocking parameters considering oil drainage radius around the injector, temperature distribution between the injector and the producer and the demand of blocking effect and field reality are obtained to calculate the blocking volume for complete breakthrough wells and incomplete breakthrough wells. This method could be used as a tool to judge breakthrough degree and design profile control parameters for oilfields with heavy oil reservoirs.

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Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and the Analytic Network Process for the assessment of different wastewater treatment systems

Cited by 185 publications

References 43 publications

Integrating multicriteria evaluation and data visualization as a problem structuring approach to support territorial transformation projects

Integrating multicriteria evaluation and data visualization as a problem structuring approach to support territorial transformation projects

Selecting a Sustainable Disinfection Technique for Wastewater Reuse Projects

A new profile control design based on quantitative identification of steam breakthrough channel in heavy oil reservoirs

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