A case study of the ethical conflict resolution modeling among multiple municipals for siting a refuse incineration plant

Author

Fujita, Shinichi ; Tamura, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Planning, Kansai Environ. Manage. Technol. Center, Osaka, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

3302

Abstract

In this paper, we apply the method of ethical conflict resolution modeling using group disutility functions. The alternative sites of the location of a new refuse incineration plant are settled in the existing two adjacent cities in Japan, and the alternatives are evaluated by using the multi-attribute disutility function. The two-attribute group disutility function for the representative of each city is evaluated. Then, the two-attribute group disutility functions for two conflicting decision makers are constructed taking into account the property of utility independence and/or convex dependence between them. It is shown that the mutual concessions of the two conflicting agents can be modeled into account ethical preference of each decision maker.

Keywords

decision making; environmental factors; facility location; socio-economic effects; utility theory; waste disposal; waste-to-energy power plants; convex dependence; decision maker; environmental impact assessment; ethical conflict resolution modeling; group disutility functions; multiagent decision making; multiattribute disutility function; multiple municipals; refuse incineration plant; utility independence; utility theory; Cities and towns; Computer aided software engineering; Decision making; Environmental management; Incineration; Large-scale systems; Local government; Sliding mode control; Technology planning; Utility theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244399

Filename

1244399