Transboundary air pollution in Europe: an interactive multicriteria tradeoff analysis

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An interactive multicriteria tradeoff analysis is used to assess cross-border air pollution and compromises between abatement costs and corresponding deposition levels in various countries. The method uses a nonlinear multicriteria package in the evaluation of situations which directly analyzes tradeoffs between costs and target deposition levels. The results indicate that acceptable deposition levels can be attained with limited disbursement of funds between countries which can be controlled with the selection of appropriate criteria levels.

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Interactive multiobjective analysis and assimilative capacity-based ocean disposal decisions

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The interactive programming technique Pareto Race was utilized in an analysis of a hypothetical problem regarding the siting of sewage sludge disposal operations in the New York Bight. The selection linear programming model takes into account variable costs total and the minimization of pollution levels, and the results showed that individuals using the system find solutions they prefer to their initial choices. The method allows for the exploration of various potential solutions to problems within a common framework.

Analysis, Environmental aspects, Water pollution, Resource allocation, Decision theory

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RAGNU: a microcomputer package for two-group mathematical programming-based nonparametric classification

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RAGNU is a utility program which may be used with the optimization software LINDO to analyze two-group classification problems. It employs nonparametric methods based on either the minimization of the 'absolute deviations from the surface that separates the group' or the minimization of 'a function of the number of misclassified' elements to approximate the classification function. The software runs on a microcomputer with at least 512K of memory.

Research, Software, Discriminant analysis, Optimization theory, Nonparametric statistics, Mathematical programming

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