Interlink decision making index (IDMI) : a simple tool/concept to assist decision making for sustainability part 2 : calculation and examples of IDMI Hu, Eric, Zou, L. and Roberts, M. 2003, Interlink decision making index (IDMI) : a simple tool/concept to assist decision making for sustainability part 2 : calculation and examples of IDMI, in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies, Japan Macro-Engineers Society, [Yokkaichi, Japan], pp. 266-270. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Interlink decision making index (IDMI) : a simple tool/concept to assist decision making for sustainability part 2 : calculation and examples of IDMI Author(s) Hu, Eric Zou, L. Roberts, M. Conference name Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies (4th : 2003 : Yokkaichi, Japan) Conference location Yokkaichi, Japan Conference dates 7-9 May. 2003 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies Editor(s) Akiyoshi, Yuuko Kinoshita, M. Nitta, Y. Yasuda, Y. Yoshimo, F. Publication date 2003 Series Macro Review. Special Issue : The Review of Japan Macro-Engineers Society Conference series Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies Start page 266 End page 270 Publisher Japan Macro-Engineers Society Place of publication [Yokkaichi, Japan] Summary There is an apparent gap between the LCA or other assessment's outcomes and its effective application in the decision making process. It is needed to provide to the decision makers a simple, less human interfered mechanism that integrates all the key criteria (environmental, economic, technical and safety etc.). The proposed index: Interlink Decision Making Index (IDMI) has all these features: simple, interlink (all criteria) and automatically and quantified influence of critical criteria (ie. no human weighting needed) and is able to assist the multi-criteria decision making for sustainability based on the outcomes of specific assessments (eg. LCA, BIA etc.). The index represents a pure numerical value and does not necessarily have any physical meanings, but it reflects the total merits of a particular option once the normal decision making criteria and (up to two) critical criteria (Ce) have been chosen. Then, without arbitrarily weighting process, the comparison and selection of the best possible option, ie. decision can be made based on the derived IDMI results. Two hypothetical examples are presented in the part 2 of the paper to demonstrate the application of the IDMI concept and it's differences with the traditional "tabular method" in the decision making process. Notes Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au ISSN 0915-0560 Language eng Field of Research 090799 Environmental Engineering not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2003, Japan Macro-Engineers Society Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30015037 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Engineering and Technology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 10 Nov 2008, 08:47:29 EST Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 12:27:15 EST Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 12:37:15 EST Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 15:54:48 EST Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 16:05:39 EST Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 21:26:40 EST Tue, 20 Apr 2010, 11:54:44 EST Wed, 05 May 2010, 15:43:41 EST Wed, 05 May 2010, 15:45:29 EST Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 11:15:36 EST Thu, 08 Nov 2012, 08:32:59 EST Fri, 30 Nov 2012, 11:14:53 EST Wed, 05 Dec 2012, 12:09:41 EST Wed, 05 Dec 2012, 12:10:43 EST Thu, 14 Feb 2013, 11:13:57 EST Wed, 04 Sep 2013, 11:54:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 398 Abstract Views, 10 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 10 Nov 2008, 08:42:54 EST by Leanne Swaneveld

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