Fuzzy Measurement Of Sustainability
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Fuzzy Measurement Of Sustainability
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Author : Yannis A. Phillis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Fuzzy Measurement Of Sustainability written by Yannis A. Phillis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Fuzzy systems categories.
People from many disciplines talk about sustainable development (SD) without having a concrete definition or idea of what it is. Politicians and decision-makers, biologists and environmentalists, engineers and scientists, philosophers and sociologists often mean different things when they mention SD. To take an extreme example, a neoclassical economist might define SD as continual economic growth without regard to the environmental situation, whereas at the other end of the spectrum, a deep ecologist might define it as the preservation and restoration of the ecosystem, ignoring the effect on the economy completely. It has become clear throughout the last few decades leading up to the time this book was written that our society is facing environmental problems of global magnitude such as species extinction, population explosion, global warming, water shortages, exhaustion of fisheries, and deforestation, among others, which have economic and social repercussions. Many people doubt that the world we shall bequeath to our descendants will be all healthy, supportive, and beautiful as the one we inherited from our parents. The fundamental questions then of the SD discussion are: Can we continue our present course without destroying part or most of our environment and society? And if we have to change course (which is currently the consensus opinion) how we do it? This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions of SD: How do we define and measure in the mathematical sense sustainability? In effect it summarises our research in this field for the last 15 years. The mathematical model which we use to evaluate sustainability serves both as a definition and as a measuring scheme. This is done with the help of fuzzy logic, which is well suited to perform reasoning in fields where concrete mathematical models do not exist and concepts such as sustainability are multifaceted and often subjective. Fuzzy reasoning, in some respects, emulates human thinking and relies on expert opinion and knowledge as well as subjective evaluations. This multistage model is developed step-by-step, in the end providing sustainability assessments of various aspects of a society on a scale from zero to one, such as the environmental or societal situation of a country. All nations of the world for which reliable data exist are then ranked according to their sustainability as measured by the model. A sensitivity analysis reveals the most important components of sustainability for each country. The book is intended for undergraduate students, graduate students, and practitioners working in the field of sustainability. It is based on a course Yannis Phillis has taught at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Technical University of Crete (TUC) at the senior/graduate level. The mathematical knowledge needed to follow the book is minimal and is all contained in the text. Computational guidance is provided for those who would like to write their own model.
Measuring Sustainability Of Tourism Development
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Author : Nenad Stojanovic
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2015-02-05
Measuring Sustainability Of Tourism Development written by Nenad Stojanovic and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-05 with categories.
Planning the development of tourism in the protected area requires a series of analyzes that are used for in the economic, political, cultural, technological and ecological environment of the area are rating the impact of tourism activities on the biodiversity of the protected areas. Changes taking place particularly important for the management, in order to maintain the quality of the touristic offer. Changes that occur in the environment must be registered, understood and accepted as a basis for making management decisions. According to many authors, Jovicic [29], Popescu [53], Graeme[17], Eagles [14], the comparative indicators can be a good starting point for determination of the degree of development sustainability of tourism.The elaborated method of measuring the intensity of sustainable tourism development provides the ability to diminish the imprecision, vagueness and ambiguities that accompany the measurement of comparative indicators when the measurement results are shown in fuzzy sets and for assessing the sustainability of tourism development the theory of fuzzy logic is use
Quantifying Sustainability Of Forest Management Using Fuzzy Logic
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Author : Jeganathan Chockalingam
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2012
Quantifying Sustainability Of Forest Management Using Fuzzy Logic written by Jeganathan Chockalingam and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Forest plays a multi-dimensional role in maintaining many global processes. Therefore, it's sustainable management is crucial for long term survival of human beings. The measurement of sustainability is tricky and complex. Such measurement benefits forest management unit to attain a certification label which will authenticate the products coming from such units to the global wood market. This certification procedure involves hierarchical evaluation of many parameters which are defined in a vague manner using crisp verbal conditions. Currently Multi-Criteria Decision Making approaches like Ranking, Rating and Anlaytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) are generally used for evaluation. However, these approaches are numerical in nature and hence poses a compensation problem for an ecologist as in the nature the environmental interactions are very fuzzy. Also the current methods do not have provision to incorporate expert knowledge, attitude and confidence. This book addresses all these issues and provides solution using Fuzzy AHP, Cognitive Mapping and Fuzzy Logic, with examples. This book can also be used as a text book for master degree courses in Forestry, Ecology & RSGIS.
Methods For Decision Making In An Uncertain Environment
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Author : Jaime Gil Aluja
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2012
Methods For Decision Making In An Uncertain Environment written by Jaime Gil Aluja and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the XVII SIGEF Congress. It presents fuzzy logic, neural networks and other intelligent techniques applied to economic and business problems. This book is very useful for researchers and graduate students aiming to introduce themselves to the field of quantitative techniques for overcoming uncertain environments. The contributors are experienced scholars of different countries who offer real world applications of these mathematical techniques.
Multicriteria Evaluation In A Fuzzy Environment
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Author : Giuseppe Munda
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Multicriteria Evaluation In A Fuzzy Environment written by Giuseppe Munda and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Business & Economics categories.
This book is the result of some years of research carried out at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam and at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The awareness of actual and potential conflicts between economic progress in production, consumption, and technology and the environment has led to the concept of "sustainable development", implying that economic and ecological values are well balanced in evaluation and decision making. The linkages between ecosystems and economic systems are the focus of ecological economics. In ecological economics, a multidimensional approach to economic and policy-making is emphasised. In this book, the introduction of multicriteria decision aid techniques in the framework of ecological economics is widely discussed. Since such techniques are based on a "constructive" rationality and allow one to take into account conflictual, multidimensional, incommensurable and uncertain effects of decisions, they can be considered perfectly consistent with the methodological foundations of ecological economics. Since here the assumption is accepted that efficiency, equity and sustainability are the three conflictual values of economics, a mathematical procedure able to deal with these issues in an operational framework is developed, with a particular view on imprecise information in a practical environmental planning context. Given the problem of the differences in the measurement levels of the variables used for economic-ecological modelling, multicriteria methods able to deal with mixed information (both qualitative and quantitative measurements) can be considered particularly useful. Another problem related to the available information concerns the uncertainty (stochastic and/or fuzzy) contained in this information.
Fuzzy Business Models And Esg Risk
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Author : Magdalena Ziolo
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-11-14
Fuzzy Business Models And Esg Risk written by Magdalena Ziolo and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-14 with Business & Economics categories.
This book discusses fuzzy business models and focuses on using fuzzy logic in business processes from the perspective of financial institutions when integrating ESG factors and risk. Developing and examining sustainable business models requires an appropriate methodology that would consider the specificity of business models because the measurement of this phenomenon is often based on values from specific ranges and requires a fuzzy approach. According to the law, regulations, and recommendations, financial institutions and businesses must incorporate Environmental Social Governance factors and ESG risk in their decision-making process. Sustainable financial institutions include ESG risk in their risk management system, strategies, and policies. As a result, they hope to mitigate ESG risk and create sustainable value in their business models with an impact on sustainable value creation. This book discusses this phenomenon in detail. One of the first on the market to address the issue of fuzzy business models, the book also deals comprehensively with the fuzzy logic in modeling business processes, decision-making processes, and business models using examples from financial institutions, and will be of interest to researchers, professors, and students of sustainable finance, banking, and sustainable development alongside corporate sustainability.
Sustainability And Global Challenges
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Author : John N. Mordeson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Sustainability And Global Challenges written by John N. Mordeson and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Proceedings Of The 8th International Conference On Sciences Of Electronics Technologies Of Information And Telecommunications Setit 18 Vol 1
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Author : Med Salim Bouhlel
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-10
Proceedings Of The 8th International Conference On Sciences Of Electronics Technologies Of Information And Telecommunications Setit 18 Vol 1 written by Med Salim Bouhlel and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-10 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This two-volume book presents an unusually diverse selection of research papers, covering all major topics in the fields of information and communication technologies and related sciences. It provides a wide-angle snapshot of current themes in information and power engineering, pursuing a cross-disciplinary approach to do so. The book gathers revised contributions that were presented at the 2018 International Conference: Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunication (SETIT'18), held on 20–22 December 2018 in Hammamet, Tunisia. This eighth installment of the event attracted a wealth of submissions, and the papers presented here were selected by a committee of experts and underwent additional, painstaking revision. Topics covered include: · Information Processing · Human-Machine Interaction · Computer Science · Telecommunications and Networks · Signal Processing · Electronics · Image and Video This broad-scoped approach is becoming increasingly popular in scientific publishing. Its aim is to encourage scholars and professionals to overcome disciplinary barriers, as demanded by current trends in the industry and in the consumer market, which are rapidly leading toward a convergence of data-driven applications, computation, telecommunication, and energy awareness. Given its coverage, the book will benefit graduate students, researchers and practitioners who need to keep up with the latest technological advances.
The Two Faces Of Sustainability
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Author : Antonius Maria Gertrudis Cornelissen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Two Faces Of Sustainability written by Antonius Maria Gertrudis Cornelissen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Agricultural systems categories.
Computing Communication And Signal Processing
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Author : Brijesh Iyer
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-09-14
Computing Communication And Signal Processing written by Brijesh Iyer and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-14 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book highlights cutting-edge research on various aspects of human–computer interaction (HCI). It includes selected research papers presented at the Third International Conference on Computing, Communication and Signal Processing (ICCASP 2018), organized by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University in Lonere-Raigad, India on January 26–27, 2018. It covers pioneering topics in the field of computer, electrical, and electronics engineering, e.g. signal and image processing, RF and microwave engineering, and emerging technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, HCI, and green computing. As such, the book offers a valuable guide for all scientists, engineers and research students in the areas of engineering and technology.