The use of a multi-criteria, decision-making theory was first studied in
the 1970s. Its application in civil and environmental engineering is a
new approach which can be enormously helpful for manufacturing
companies, students, managers, engineers, etc. The purpose of this book
is to provide a resource for students and researchers that includes
current application of a multi-criteria, decision-making theory in
various fields such as: environment, healthcare and engineering. In
addition, practical application are shown for students manually. In real
life problems there are many critical parameters (criteria) that can
directly or indirectly affect the consequences of different decisions.
Application of a multi-criteria, decision-making theory is basically the
use of computational methods that incorporate several criteria and order
of preference in evaluating and selecting the best option among many
alternatives based on the desired outcome.