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SELECTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE: SIGNIFICANCE OF CHOOSING MADM METHOD

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Title SELECTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE: SIGNIFICANCE OF CHOOSING MADM METHOD
 
Creator KALBAR, PP
KARMAKAR, S
ASOLEKAR, SR
 
Subject MULTICRITERION DECISION-MAKING
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
HIERARCHY PROCESS
TREATMENT SYSTEMS
SUPPORT
SUSTAINABILITY
CRITERIA
INDICATORS
compromise programming
multiple-attribute decision making
outranking methods
TOPSIS
wastewater treatment
 
Description Five multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM) methods are used to rank the four most commonly used wastewater treatment technologies in India using pre-defined set of criteria and their indicators. Results show that it is difficult to get similar ranking using different MADM methods for equal set of weights. However, for varying weights all MADM methods generated similar ranking. It is found that in wastewater treatment alternative selection problem, it is essential to define set of weights considering priorities of the decision situation. Emphasis on a rational structuring of decision-making problem is more required than searching for more sophisticated MADM methods. TOPSIS is found to be the most suitable MADM method as it considers ideal and non-ideal solutions simultaneously to select appropriate wastewater treatment alternative.
 
Publisher GH ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIV IASI
 
Date 2016-01-15T11:02:24Z
2016-01-15T11:02:24Z
2015
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, 14(5)1011-1020
1582-9596
1843-3707
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/18414
 
Language en