Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Irrigation Project Improvement
Author: Hiroaki Okada
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 202
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Modernisation Strategy for National Irrigation Systems in the Philippines
Author: Mona Liza F. Delos Reyes
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-07-12
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 135165022X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book presents documentary evidence of the insufficiency of rehabilitation works to close the gap between the irrigation service and actual area irrigated of publicly funded national irrigation systems in the Philippines. It outlines a methodology for formulating a modernisation plan for national irrigation systems with focus on the mostly ungauged, medium to small canal irrigation systems. The proposed methodology adaptively modified some known modernisation concepts and techniques and integrated them in a more holistic framework in the context of changing weather patterns and river flow regimes. It includes in-depth review of rehabilitation works; system diagnosis; revalidation of design assumptions on percolation and water supply; characterisation of system management, irrigation service and demand; and drawing up of options and a vision for the modernised irrigation systems. Central to the proposed modernisation strategy is the logical coherence among the design of physical structures, system operation and water supply so that improvements of irrigation service are possible. The book discusses the development of the proposed methodology and demonstrates its utility in two case study irrigation systems.
Rio Del Oro Specific Plan Project, Sacramento County
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 646
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKApplications and Theory of Analytic Hierarchy Process
Author: Fabio De Felice
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2016-08-31
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9535125605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the theory and applications in the field of decision making, especially focused on Analytic Hierarchy Process, a structured technique for organizing and analyzing complex decisions, based on mathematics and psychology. It was developed by Prof. Thomas L. Saaty in the 1970s and has been extensively studied and refined since then. The idea of the book is to expand the reader's consciousness to deal with problems regarding the decision making. This book presents some application examples of Analytic Hierarchy. It contains original research and application chapters from different perspectives, and covers different areas such as supply chain, environmental engineering, safety, and social issues. This book is intended to be a useful resource for anyone who deals with decision making problems.
Uses and Limitations of the AHP Method
Author: Nolberto Munier
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-02-05
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 303060392X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, its varied uses, as well as its limitations for solving real-world scenarios. While the simplicity of the method compels users to find shortcuts to a real-world problem, it also leads to obtaining wrong results that do not represent reality. By alerting practitioners about the core necessities of a new scenario, this book helps solve this problem, as well as contribute to the field of Multicriteria Decision Making Method (MDCM). The authors use a demonstrative, rather than a theoretical approach, and examine 30 subjects that displays the shortcomings and drawbacks of the AHP. Each one is examined in-depth, discussed, debated and reasoned, using examples, some of them numeric. The book highlights the rationality and common sense of the subjects, and in most cases, validates the criticism by showing through numerical examples, the impossibility of the AHP method to address, let alone solve real-world projects. At the conclusion of each subject, a table is built comparing the similarities and differences between the opinions of the authors and other experts, along with the respective pros and cons.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 840
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Author: Henning Bjornlund
Publisher: WIT Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1845646487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Wessex Institute of Technology's Sustainable Irrigation 2012 Conference held at University of South Australia in Adelaide"--Preface.
The Analytic Hierarchy Process in Natural Resource and Environmental Decision Making
Author: Daniel L. Schmoldt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2001-06-30
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780792370765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDecision making in land management involves preferential selection among competing alternatives. Often, such choices are difficult owing to the complexity of the decision context. Because the analytic hierarchy process (AHP, developed by Thomas Saaty in the 1970s) has been successfully applied to many complex planning, resource allocation, and priority setting problems in business, energy, health, marketing, natural resources, and transportation, more applications of the AHP in natural resources and environmental sciences are appearing regularly. This realization has prompted the authors to collect some of the important works in this area and present them as a single volume for managers and scholars. Because land management contains a somewhat unique set of features not found in other AHP application areas, such as site-specific decisions, group participation and collaboration, and incomplete scientific knowledge, this text fills a void in the literature on management science and decision analysis for forest resources.
The Analytic Hierarchy Process
Author: Bruce L. Golden
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 364250244X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKManagement science is a di scipl ine dedicated to the development of techniques that enable decision makers to cope with the increasing complexity of our world. The early burst of excitement which was spawned by the development and successful applications of linear programming to problems in both the public and private sectors has challenged researchers to develop even more sophisticated methods to deal with the complex nature of decision making. Sophistication, however, does not always trans 1 ate into more complex mathematics. Professor Thomas L. Saaty was working for the U. S. Defense Department and for the U. S. Department of State in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In these positions, Professor Saaty was exposed to some of the most complex decisions facing the world: arms control, the Middle East problem, and the development of a transport system for a Third World country. While having made major contributions to numerous areas of mathematics and the theory of operations research, he soon realized that one did not need complex mathematics to come to grips with these decision problems, just the right mathematics! Thus, Professor Saaty set out to develop a mathematically-based technique for analyzing complex situations which was sophisticated in its simplicity. This technique became known as the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and has become very successful in helping decision makers to structure and analyze a wide range of problems.
Improving irrigation project planning and implementation processes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Diagnosis and recommendations
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Publisher: IWMI
Published: 2006-01-23
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9290906138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWeaknesses in planning and implementation (P&I) have been identified as one of the main reasons for the disappointing results of agricultural water development and management projects. Based on a review and critical analysis of experiences and case studies in sub-Saharan Africa, this studycomponent proposes practical ways of improving performance related to planning and implementation and thereby enhancing the returns to investments in agricultural water.
