scholarly journals Developing a Landscape Sustainability Assessment Model Using an Analytic Hierarchy Process in Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung-Sook Lee ◽  
Eun-Yeong Park
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Landscape Sustainability ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Hierarchy Process

With the increasing interest in integrative sustainable development, there has been a strong need for a landscape sustainability assessment tool independent from the existing green building rating system. This study aimed to establish an assessment model to objectively evaluate landscape sustainability using an analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Through an extensive literature review and expert survey, an initial list of assessment items was derived and used to set up an AHP model. An AHP survey with landscape architects and architects/engineers was then conducted to determine the importance of the assessment factors. In addition, the model was applied to three projects that were previously certified by a green building rating system in Korea. The AHP results showed that “site context” ranked as the most important factor of landscape sustainability followed by “soil and vegetation,” “maintenance,” “water,” “health and wellbeing,” and “materials.” Among the 20 assessment factors, “monitoring plan” was evaluated as the most important index, followed by “protection of cultural heritage” and “long-term management plan.” Landscape architects evaluated “soil and vegetation” as the most important in the assessment, while the engineers/architects group rated “site context” as the most important. When tested by applying them to the previously certified projects, the developed factors provided more objective and detailed information on landscape sustainability.

scholarly journals Durability Assessment of Lightweight Cellular Concrete in Subgrade by the Method of Analytic Hierarchy Process Combined with Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Xin Liu ◽  
Chengwei Ni ◽  
Liye Zhang ◽  
Ke Sheng ◽  
Baoning Hong
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Durability Assessment ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Cellular Concrete

The durability of lightweight cellular concrete (LCC) and the corresponding assessment method are studied in this paper to improve the utilization of LCC in subgrade construction engineering. The durability assessment method is established by combining the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE). The main assessment processes are as follows. Firstly, based on the physical and mechanical properties of LCC, the influencing factors are selected in terms of preliminary design, construction technology, and operation and management after completion of construction. The grading standard of influencing factors is established as well. Secondly, a multilevel assessment model with targets level, criteria level, and indexes level is established. AHP determines the effective weight of the lower level relative to the upper level. The consistency check of the judgment matrix is conducted to prove the rationality of the distribution of influencing factors’ effect weight. Thirdly, the membership function which is suitable for each influencing factor is built to calculate the membership degree. Besides, the practicality and reliability of AHP combined with FCE are demonstrated through a practical engineering case, which is the third section of a highway in Guangdong Province, China.

The Green Energy-Saving Design of Stadium

2013 ◽  
Vol 724-725 ◽  
pp. 1571-1574
Author(s):  
Xiao Jie Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Design Idea ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Resource Environment

According to the principles that green sports building should follow are reducing environmental load and the amount of the utilized resource and energy. It emphasizes harmoniousness of architecture and environment. Started with green buildings concept, the necessity for developing green building is analyzed and its design rules are summarized. On the basis of that, the architecture of green sports building technology is presented according to the design idea of sports building and green building,. And sustainable utilization of green sports building is explored on resource, environment, energy-saving, after-use and so on. Then green design for manufacturing is referred to. Based on life cycle, green design for sports building is pointed out. At last, by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, assessment model is built and environmental performance in design phase of green sports building is assessed.

The Use of Judgment Matrices in Subjective Workload Assessment: The Subjective Workload Dominance (SWORD) Technique

1989 ◽  
Vol 33 (20) ◽  
pp. 1406-1410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Vidulich
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Geometric Means ◽  
Subjective Workload ◽  
Hierarchy Process

One objective of the project was to determine compare two analytic algorithms for converting judgment matrices into subjective workload ratings. The original eigenvector algorithm used in Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was compared an algorithm of calculating geometric means. Also, three methods of identifying excessively inconsistent matrices were compared. Data from nine previous experiments were re-examined in the present analysis. There were no differences between the AHP ratings and the geometric mean ratings in terms of their sensitivity to the experimental manipulations. However, two of the inconsistency measures were successfully used to cull the data-sets of inconsistent matrices and improved the statistical sensitivity of one set of ratings. These findings suggest that: (1) the computationally simpler geometric means algorithm can be used as an alternative to the eigenvector algorithm, and (2) culling inconsistent matrices can sometimes improve rating sensitivity. These findings, along with previous research, demonstrate that judgment matrices can be a very valuable workload assessment tool. The essential steps for the proper use of judgment matrices in workload assessment are reviewed. A user's guide and software are also being prepared to aid researchers and practitioners

scholarly journals A Novel Approach for Ontological Representation of Analytic Hierarchy Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 988 ◽  
pp. 675-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Xin Liao ◽  
Eduardo Rocha Loures ◽  
Osíris Canciglieri ◽  
Hervé Panetto
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Ahp Method ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Priority Assessment ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of the widely accepted and frequently used priority assessment methods. A number of studies, which employed the AHP method, have already been carried out in different domains to support their multi-criteria decision-making definitions and applications. However, few researchers have paid attentions to extract and represent the important concepts and their relationships from the AHP method itself. The aim of this study is firstly to propose a way for representing the AHP method as an AHP Ontology together with a set of reasoning rules. Then, a prototype assessment tool is developed to show the possibility of obtaining more flexibility and reusability of this ontological representation.

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