An index aggregation approach is proposed to carry out comparisons of BRICSAM, a populous rapidly growing economic group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Mexico with Group of Seven (G7), the most developed country club...

A new conflict analysis technique is employed to analyze the international crisis that was created when Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956. The Suez Crisis involved the use of strategic surprise by the Egyptians and it is clearly demonstrated how this type of situation can be readily...

To demonstrate how the socio-political aspects of energy disputes can be properly considered in energy studies, the methodology of conflict analysis is applied to the political controversy surrounding the siting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in The Netherlands. In addition to...

A fuzzy set approach to multicriteria modelling is presented for selecting the best alternative solution to a large-scale engineering project. The problems of making expert recommendations, amidst conflicting views of different people and institutions, is handled by this technique which...

A new conflict analysis technique is employed to study the dispute surrounding the selection of a natural gas pipeline route to transport gas from the American state of Alaska and also northern Canada to southern markets in the United States and Canada. The improved metagame analysis algorithm...

The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in the Soviet Union is modeled and analyzed using conflict analysis methodology. To allow a conflict analysis approach to be conveniently and expeditiously applied to the dispute, DecisionMaker: the Conflict Analysis Program is employed. After acquiring the...