Prioritizing Infrastructure Investments in Afghanistan with Multiagency Stakeholders and Deep Uncertainty of Emergent Conditions

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-166

  Lambert, James H ^a   Karvetski, Christopher W ^b   Spencer, David K ^c   Sotirin, Barbara J ^d   Liberi, Dawn M ^e   Zaghloul, Hany H ^f   Koogler, John B ^g   Hunter, Samuel L ^f   Goran, William D ^f   Ditmer, Renae D ^h   Linkov, Igor ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^h STRATCON LLC   (United States)

ⁱ Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure systems; Multiple criteria decision analysis; Risk analysis; Robust decision making; Sustainable development; Systems engineering; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; MAJOR PROJECT; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NON-PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTY; PRIORITIZATION; ROBUST DECISIONS; SECURITY SITUATION; STAKEHOLDER VALUES; STRATEGIC GOALS;

ECONOMICS; RISK ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFGHANISTAN; NANGARHAR;

EID: 84861888662     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000078     Document Type: Article

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