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...

This research developed an approach to reliable team formation and supplier network design, focusing on a multi-objective model integrating fuzzy-set theory and social network analysis. The approach simultaneously focuses on reliable collaboration network, order allocation, capabilities (skills,...

In the dynamic multi-objective optimization problem DMOP, several objective functions are optimized simultaneously. On the other hand, in a DMOP problem, the variables or objective functions may change over time, called changing the environment. The DMOP optimization algorithm must find the...

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...

The rapid growth of the sharing economy attracts attention from scientists, businesses, and governments. The European Commission acknowledges the benefits of the sharing economy and emphasises that European countries should be open to the new opportunities that the sharing economy brings. The...