L'évolution des contextes décisionnels liés aux infrastructures de transport ets telle que, désormais, le décideur public est constamment soumis aux exigences de deux catégories de préoccupations: rationaliser l'utilisation des ressources publiques et faire des choix acceptables du point...

L'analyse coûts avantages est un outil d'évaluation des impacts potentiels des choix d'investissements publics. Dans de nombreux pays, en particulier la France, il est notamment mobilisé dans le cadre de processus de décision publique portant sur les investissements en infrastructures de...

In recent years the field of decision analysis has been heavily influenced by the "analytics'' perspective, which integrates advanced data-mining and learning methods, often associated with increasing access to "Big-Data", with decision support systems. This rapidly growing and very successful...

In this paper, we propose a methodology based on the use of clustering techniques derived from data analysis and multi-attribute decision analysis methods aiming at purposeful mul- tidimensional poverty measurement. The issue of meaningfulness is thus analysed both from a theoretical point of...

Organising participation of multiple stakeholders is nowadays a widespread request in decision processes, especially for organisations managing environmental risks. Therefore, analysts delivering decision support are expected to provide decision makers with scientifically sound and practically...

The paper aims at addressing the problem of what makes specific aiding to decide within public policy making problem situations. Under such a perspective it analyses some basic concepts such as "public policy", "deliberation", "legitimation", "accountability" and shows the necessity to expand...

Public expertise in safety, security and environment is a process that is increasingly submitted to control and transparency. It therefore requires an oversight, a monitoring and an aiding approach on its conduct and its governance. Difficulties learned from experiences in framing risk problems...

Users of transport infrastructures nearby hazardous plants may represent important populations potentially impacted by a major accident. Toulouse catastrophe in 2011 has been an illustrative example as it strongly impacted highway users. Therefore, transport infrastructure users (Roads and...

Poverty reduction policies have often underestimated the need to define poverty as a mul- tidimensional concept and the necessity to use multidimensional approaches to measure it. Under such a perspective research has been directed towards finding solutions to the main problems that we face when...