Air Quality Assessment through a Multi Criteria Decision Method

Abstract:

Starting from the high importance of problems regarding environmental quality and their impact on human life, we present in this paper some aspects about how we can use multi-criteria decision methods for solving environmental management problems. This paper focuses on applying one of these methods, namely TOPSIS method, for air quality assessment in a region, in order to rank different periods of time as regarding the concurrent action of the main pollutants that exist. Analyzing air quality evolution in a region can help establishing if the decisions regarding this aspect are in a favorable trend or some changes need to be made.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 27)
• Pages: 188-192
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.27.188
• Online since: April 2018
• Authors: Luminița Grecu
• Keywords: Environmental Management, Pollutants, Topsis Method

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