A decision support system for assessing alternative projects for the design of a new road network: methodology and application of a case study Online publication date: Fri, 18-Jul-2003
by Peter Nijkamp, Francesca Torrieri, Ron Vreeker
International Journal of Management and Decision Making (IJMDM), Vol. 3, No. 2, 2002
Abstract: This study aims to offer an applicable evaluation framework for assessing project alternatives by employing different multicriteria evaluation methods as a tool to reduce conflicts in a decision making process. The first part of the paper consists of a brief survey of the great diversity of modern assessment methods that have been developed in recent decades. This helps to provide a perspective for procedural types of decisions in which various qualitative and quantitative aspects are incorporated. The paper initially focuses on three recently developed techniques: Regime analysis, the Analytical Hierarchic Process (AHP) method and the Flag model. It advocates a merger of these methods. In the second part of the paper, the above-mentioned multicriteria methods are applied to a ''real-world'' case concerning the design of a new road network in the area of the Cilento National Park in Italy.
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