scholarly journals Prioritization of Factors Affecting Sustainability Property Improvement by Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Important-Satisfaction Model: The Case of TAIPEI 101 Tower

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
Tse-Hsiung Lin ◽  
Shen-Guan Shih
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Taipei 101 ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Building Operation ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Almost without exceptions office buildings in the world investigate the approaches of optimizing the building operation and property facilities in order to maintain the best conditions of the building from the first day of opening. For sustainable buildings, how to make continuous profit must rely on the maintenance and improvement of facilities to satisfy users. However, building managers often have trouble prioritizing improvement projects toward their sustainable objectives due to the large number of facilities that have different durability years and the importance and satisfaction of these facilities to users are also different. In the past, financial consideration was usually the only one that matters when improvement of facilities was brought up. Users feedback of satisfaction was not taken into consideration, resulting in huge expenditures did not bring in high user satisfaction. This research, by scientific analysis of the data from user feedback, applies the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using TAIPEI 101 Tower as a case study to explore the key factors affecting tenants’ willingness to lease office buildings by distributing questionnaires to real estate experts. By filtering out key indicators related to property facilities that users care about, this study used Importance and Satisfaction Analysis (IS Analysis) to identify items that need urgent improvement. This innovative analysis methodology can systematically and logically find out the priority of improvement projects, assisting building managers effectively invest limited resources in projects with substantial benefit, which is helpful for sustainable property management.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Risks and Their Impacts on Ecological River Health in South Korea: An Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6287
Author(s):  
Suyeon Kim ◽  
Sang-Woo Lee ◽  
Se-Rin Park ◽  
Yeeun Shin ◽  
Kyungjin An
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
River Ecosystem ◽  
River Health ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Hierarchy Process

It is imperative to develop a methodology to identify river impairment sources, particularly the relative impact of socioeconomic sources, to enhance the efficiency of various river restoration schemes and policies and to have an internal diagnosis system in place. This study, therefore, aims to identify and analyze the relative importance of the socioeconomic factors affecting river ecosystem impairment in South Korea. To achieve this goal, we applied the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to evaluate expert judgement of the relative importance of different socioeconomic factors influencing river ecosystem impairment. Based on a list of socioeconomic factors influencing stream health, an AHP questionnaire was prepared and administered to experts in aquatic ecology. Our analysis reveals that secondary industries form the most significant source of stream ecosystem impairment. Moreover, the most critical socioeconomic factors affecting stream impairment are direct inflow pollution, policy implementation, and industrial wastewater. The results also suggest that the AHP is a rapid and robust approach to assessing the relative importance of different socioeconomic factors that affect river ecosystem health. The results can be used to assist decision makers in focusing on actions to improve river ecosystem health.

scholarly journals Assessing the Safety Factors of Ship Berthing Operations

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Kai Kevin Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Safety Index ◽  
Safety Factors ◽  
Mooring Lines ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Ship Berthing ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the safety of ship berthing operations in port. Based on the features of ship's berthing operations and relevant literature, the Safety Factors (SFs) of ship berthing at docks are first investigated. A Safety Index (SI) with a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model is then proposed to assess those SFs from port marine pilots, by which port managers and ship carriers may make policies to improve ship berthing safety. To validate the model, berthing operations at Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan were empirically investigated. The results indicate the main safety factors affecting ship berthing at port docks are: working concentration, the condition of mooring lines, emergency response, port policy of improving business and berth length. Based on those results, the theoretical and managerial implications for ship berthing safety at dock are finally discussed.

The use of an analytic hierarchy process to evaluate the flexibility and adaptability in architecture

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine De Paris ◽  
Carlos Nuno Lacerda Lopes ◽  
Alvaro Neuenfeldt Junior
Keyword(s):  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Criteria Importance ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Complex Subject

PurposeInvestigation of housing adaptability is related to understanding factors that influence project transformation. Factors may be associated with the design and project stage as also alternative uses to existing buildings. To structure methodology for criteria analysis of adaptability, the research aims to verify the importance level of factors related to adaptability and flexibility context in architecture.Design/methodology/approachEmploying a multicriteria analysis and a diagnosis performed with architecture professionals, criteria importance identified in a bibliographic survey is contacted.FindingsWith harmonious results, key elements highlighted in the diagnosis are discussed. Adaptability and flexibility are mainly related to balance in the design of spaces and their connections, so the user can have control administrating the organization of their habitat.Originality/valueAs a complex subject, involving legal, social and cultural issues, the multicriteria method supports the scientific analysis of data. The results can be used in a practical case study as assessment of housing adaptability and flexibility, as a useful tool to decision support in architectural project.

scholarly journals Research and Planning Design of Traditional Village Tourism Pension Model—Taking Madiping Village in Longnan as an example

2020 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 04034
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Yang ◽  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Yingchang Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Medical Rehabilitation ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Economic Revitalization ◽  
Production Value ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The tourism pension in traditional villages is based on the rural agricultural production value and tourism cultural value as the attraction, relying on the natural landscape, human customs, historical buildings and other resources of traditional villages. With Madiping village as an example, through the surrounding economic factors, climate environment, comfort, leisure, entertainment, medical rehabilitation, spirit culture and service facilities of these seven factors questionnaire survey analysis, hierarchical structure model is established by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), it is concluded that the present stage tourism endowment patterns relations, weights of factors affecting peasant casual is the trend of the development of local tourism endowment. On the basis of qualitative research, based on the protection of the historical features of traditional villages, the principle of rural tourism, leisure and old-age care was created, and the planning and design of remote tourism and old-age care was carried out in combination with rural resources and environment, so as to achieve the purpose and significance of promoting rural economic revitalization and regional development.

EXPLOITING IMAGE CONTENT IN LOCATION-BASED SHOPPING RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE USERS

2010 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
pp. 759-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. O. OLUGBARA ◽  
S. O. OJO ◽  
M. I. MPHAHLELE
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
User Study ◽  
Learning To Rank ◽  
User Profile ◽  
Similarity Score ◽  
Mobile Users ◽  
Image Content ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Similarity ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This paper demonstrates how image content can be used to realize a location-based shopping recommender system for intuitively supporting mobile users in decision making. Generic Fourier Descriptors (GFD) image content of an item was extracted to exploit knowledge contained in item and user profile databases for learning to rank recommendations. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to automatically select a query item from a user profile. Single Criterion Decision Ranking (SCDR) and Multiple-Criteria Decision-Ranking (MCDR) techniques were compared to study the effect of multidimensional ratings of items on recommendations effectiveness. The SCDR and MCDR techniques are, respectively, based on Image Content Similarity Score (ICSS) and Relative Ratio (RR) aggregating function. Experimental results of a real user study showed that an MCDR system increases user satisfaction and improves recommendations effectiveness better than an SCDR system.

scholarly journals A MULTI-CRITERIA FRAMEWORK FOR OFFICE TENANTS' PREFERENCES AT OFFICE BUILDINGS

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Mohd ADNAN ◽  
Md Nasir DAUD ◽  
Muhammad Najib MOHAMED RAZALI
Keyword(s):  
Office Buildings ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Financial Cost ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Office Space ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Business Sectors

In order to mitigate the anticipated oversupply of office space, it is necessary to gauge the preference of office occupiers, namely tenants of purpose built office buildings, since these tenants form the indicator of demand for space. In this study, a multi-criteria decision making method (MCDM) – the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) procedure was employed to analyse the relative importance of the main factors chosen by the main sectors of tenants at top grade office buildings in Kuala Lumpur city centre. This study had identified the elicitation of experts’ opinion and tenants’ selection comprises twenty-six important factors for office occupation in Kuala Lumpur city centre, grouped under four main categories: Location, Lease, Building and Financial/Cost. This study then employed AHP to assess the relative importance placed on each category, revealing the varying patterns of preferences when tested on tenants from three main business sectors occupying top grade office buildings. The findings showed that, between the three sectors (Finance/Banking, ICT & Media and Oil & Gas), differences in preference were only slight for most factors but were significant for a few. The findings from this study are insightful in informing decisions on future office provision, particularly in the context of working towards satisfying office tenants’ requirements.

scholarly journals Development of autopoietic economic structures in the Baltic states: analysis of factors

Equilibrium ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Mangirdas Morkunas ◽  
Viktorija Skvarciany ◽  
Jelena Titko
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Business System ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Open Markets ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Research background: Since the introduction of the concept in 1972 Autopoiesis has enjoyed great popularity among academicians representing various fields of science. However, the number of studies devoted to the investigation of factors that have an impact on the formation of autopoietic economic structures is quite limited. This paper addresses the gap in scientific research on autopoiesis of economic structures in small open markets, specifically in the Baltic States.Purpose of the article: The paper aims to identify and evaluate factors that turn on self-organization mechanisms of autopoietic economic structures in the Baltic States, in particular in Latvia.Methods: Expert survey was used to identify the most important factors affecting the for-mation of meso-economic entities in the Baltic States. The factors’ assessments provided by seven experts were analyzed. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with fuzzy numbers was employed to process the data. Two different scales of evaluation (inverse linear and balanced) were used.Findings & Value added: The factors influencing the process of formation of business groups were evaluated by experts. Research results allow for making conclusions regarding the causes of the business integration, and impact of diversified integrated business structures on the country's business system in Central Europe.

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