Title: Environmental related decision making using the Interlink Decision Making Index (IDMI)

Authors: Eric Hu, William Abley, Linda Zou

Addresses: School of Engineering and IT, Deakin University, Geelong Vic 3217, Australia. ' School of Engineering and IT, Deakin University, Geelong Vic 3217, Australia. ' Institute of Sustainability and Innovations, Victoria University, Australia

Abstract: In the traditional decision making process, at post assessment stage, |weighting| each criterion is a very difficult process and depends heavily on the personal preference of the decision maker. There is a need to provide decision makers with a simple, less human interfered (yet still transparent) mechanism that integrates all the key criteria, while allowing a couple of them to be chosen as Critical Criteria (CC) that are more influential than others in the decision making process. The proposed Interlink Decision Making Index (IDMI) has those features. The paper provides two real cases to demonstrate the advantages of the IDMI approach.

Keywords: Interlink Decision Making Index; IDMI; multi-criteria decision making; MCDM; Port Philip Bay dredging; Heemskirk wind farm; environmental decision making; critical criteria; Australia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2008.018247

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2008 Vol.2 No.3, pp.257 - 266

Published online: 13 May 2008 *

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