Developing a new hybrid MCDM method for selection of the optimal alternative of mechanical longitudinal ventilation of tunnel pollutants during automobile accidents

Transport

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-96

  Zolfani, Sarfaraz Hashemkhani ^a,d   Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Bitarafan, Mahdi ^c   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^d   Arefi, Shahin Lale ^e  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Engineering Research Institution of Natural Disaster Shakhes Pajouh   (Iran)

^d VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e SHOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

longitudinal ventilation; Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM); pollutant discharge; roadway tunnel; Step wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA); vehicle; VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; DECISION MAKING; EXTRACTION; FANS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; POLLUTION; SMOKE ABATEMENT; VEHICLES;

LONGITUDINAL VENTILATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; POLLUTANT DISCHARGES; RATIO ANALYSIS; ROADWAY TUNNEL; VLSEKRITERIJUMSKA OPTIMIZACIJA I KOMPROMISNO RESENJE (VIKOR);

VENTILATION;

EID: 84876113111     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16484142.2013.782567     Document Type: Article

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