Complex Assessment Model for Advanced Technology Deployment

Abstract

Abstract. The construction sector constantly offers new products, more effective technologies and novel solutions aimed at improvement of the quality of human habitats and wider distribution of technologies. Currently, effective technologies that require less time and costs for production, installation and use are gaining greater significance. Among them are construction materials and technologies with increasingly popular sustainability features. Considering the above, the article offers a complex algorithm for assessing the deployment and distribution potential of a new technology/product. For this purpose, a multi-stage model of alternatives and criteria was suggested and an analytical multi-stage evaluation model has been designed. The practical example illustrates the assessment of micro environment using a combination of AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and Permutation methods. The designed multi-criteria assessment model promotes accessibility of users to a technology, new product, a part of the product and a technological process.

Analysis Into the Selection of a Ballast Water Treatment System

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A software prototype for material handling equipment selection for construction sites

“…Waris et al [25] identified some important criteria for selection of sustainable on-site construction equipment based on the fundamental concept of sustainability and provided an assessment framework to guide the decision makers for appraising the selection process. Kildienė et al [26] designed a multi-criteria assessment model based on AHP and permutation methods to assess the deployment and distribution potential of a new technology/product for construction sector. Mital et al [27] developed a modeling framework to design material handling system and warehouses under uncertainty to maximize the efficiency of the system while minimizing the risk of implementation.…”

Computer-Aided Decision-Making in Construction Project Development

“…At individual stages of the lifecycle of an undertaking, analysed phenomena are very complex, which is mainly due to specific traits, characteristics, complexity and nature of construction processes and relations between them. On the other hand, a description of these relations is based mainly on expert opinions and should take into account both measurable factors and those difficult to measure (Ustinovichius et al 2006;Kildienė et al 2014;Vodopivec et al 2014); besides, its quality depends largely on expert knowledge and experience of decision-makers.…”