The objective of this study was to propose a multi-criteria optimization and decision-making technique to solve food engineering problems. This technique was demonstrated using experimental data obtained on osmotic dehydration ...

The use of weights in multi-objective problems is one of the simplest ways to include multiple criteria in optimization models, in what is known as a weighted-sum approach. However, the solution to these models is highly ...

The use of weights in multi-objective problems is one of the simplest ways to include multiple criteria in optimization models, in what is known as a weighted-sum approach. However, the solution to these models is highly ...

Nowadays, the prospection plans have the difficult task of ensuring a more complete and rich characterization of the rock mass for the purpose of optimizing costs and increasing safety in geotechnical projects. Currently, ...

This paper discusses a probabilistic framework for performance assessment and optimal design of floor isolation systems for the protection of acceleration sensitive contents. A multi-objective formulation is considered for ...

The design of conservation management plans is a crucial task for ensuring the preservation of ecosys- tems. A conservation plan is typically embodied by two types of decisions: in which areas of a given territory it will ...

Wind energy is becoming an increasingly substantial component of many nations' energy portfolios. The intermittent nature of wind energy is traded off in a multi-objective sense against its environmental benefits when ...

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) is widely applied in sustainability problems where several objectives must be accounted for in the analysis. Unfortunately, its complexity grows with the number of objectives, which hampers ...