Energy Decisions and the Environment
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. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods 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 ofMulticriteria 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.
Autor: | Hobbs, Benjamin F. Meier, Peter |
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ISBN: | 9781461370178 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 257 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Verlag: | Springer US |
Veröffentlicht: | 08.10.2012 |
Untertitel: | A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods |
Schlagworte: | calculus decision analysis decision making electricity linear optimization multiple-criteria decision-making |