This proceedings book contains selected papers from the Fifth International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2024), held in Delft, the Netherlands, from 13 to 14 June 2024. It presents recent advancements in theory and applications of the Best-Worst Method. It provides valuable insights on why...

"In an increasingly complex world, decision-makers face the challenge of optimizing multiple conflicting objectives across various scenarios. Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) techniques have emerged as essential tools for addressing these challenges and offer methods to evaluate...

We describe a new method — what we call booster draft mechanisms — for allocating multiple, indivisible objects among a group of individuals: Individuals take turns drawing objects from different sets — called boosters — and simply need to identify their favorite object when it’s their...

The combination of low-carbon electricity and electric vehicles brings considerable economic and environmental benefits but also introduces challenges due to the complexity and uncertainty of system synergies in smart cities. To take full advantage of photovoltaic power generation and release...

Flood is one of the most common hazards in many countries, affecting both life and properties. The recent climatic changes have brought a rise in both flood frequency and intensity making this phenomenon more devastating to people. Especially, the riparian communities along the Jamuna river...

Majority of countries implementing renewable procurement auctions adopt price-only selection criteria to minimize total support costs. Some introduce multi-criteria auction to achieve additional policy goal as well as the cost efficiency. There are trade-offs between two schemes so that it is...

Most companies are postponing their decommissioning activities due to cash flow restrictions, others are taking advantage of low oil prices to speed up decommissioning activities as some of the related oilfield service costs are also reduced.However, decommissioning is an emerging and growing...

It is important to first evaluate the existing flexible pavement condition to select the improvement strategy that will be utilized to improve the quality of the flexible pavement. As a result of many distinct pavement deterioration features, roughness presents itself as cracking, potholes,...

To achieve China's dual carbon goals (DCGs) of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, this study explored the optimization pathways of high economic growth by combining multi-objective goal programming, a dynamic input-output model, and scenario analysis into an integrated approach. The results...