Browsing Systems Design Engineering by Author "Hipel, Keith"
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Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Investigating the Impact of Water Demand Management
Xiao, Yi; Fang, Liping; Hipel, Keith W. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-03-01)This paper proposes an agent-based modeling approach to assess water users' behavior for water demand management (WDM) in a river basin. In this procedure, each agent controls its own strategy regarding whether to conserve ... -
Analysis of a brownfield management conflict in Canada
Philpot, Simone L.; Johnson, Peter A.; Hipel, Keith W. (Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2017)A strategic analysis of an ongoing brownfield management conflict in Elmira, Ontario, Canada is conducted using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution. This investigation of the situation as it existed in late 2016 ... -
COVID-19's implications on agri-food systems and human health in Bangladesh
Talukder, Byomkesh; vanLoon, Gary W.; Hipel, Keith; Orbinski, James (Elsevier, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh has put agri-food systems and resultant human health under serious pressure and this has thus become a priority concern for the country and its development partners. To understand, ... -
Developing Composite Indicators for Agricultural Sustainability Assessment: Effect of Normalization and Aggregation Techniques
Talukder, Byomkesh; Hipel, Keith W.; vanLoon, Gary W. (MDPI, 2017-12-01)The assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems is multidimensional in nature and requires holistic measures using indicators with different measurements and units reflecting social, economic, and environmental ... -
Elimination Method of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): A Simple Methodological Approach for Assessing Agricultural Sustainability
Talukder, Byomkesh; Blay-Palmer, Alison; Hipel, Keith W.; vanLoon, Gary W. (MDPI, 2017-02-01)In the present world context, there is a need to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems. Various methods have been proposed to assess agricultural sustainability. Like in many other fields, Multi-Criteria Decision ... -
Fuzzy levels of preference strength in a graph model with multiple decision makers
Yu, Jing; Hipel, Keith W.; Kilgour, D. Marc; Fang, Liping (Elsevier, 2019-12-15)A new hybrid preference structure combining multiple-level strength of preference and fuzzy preference is proposed to facilitate the modeling and analysis of strategic conflicts involving multiple decision makers (DMs) ... -
Identifying Potential Conflict in Land-Use Planning Using a Values-Centered E-Participation Tool: A Canadian Case Study in Aggregate Mining
Philpot, Simone; Hipel, Keith; Johnson, Peter (2019-01-08)An innovative e-participation tool is used to facilitate the articulation of value-laden assumptions, and to identify key points of likely conflict in an aggregate mining controversy in Ontario, Canada. The expert model ... -
Incorporating Water Demand Management into a Cooperative Water Allocation Framework
Xiao, Yi; Hipel, Keith W.; Fang, Liping (Springer, 2016-07-01)The impact of a water demand management plan on a water system and its users is investigated within a comprehensive cooperative water allocation framework. In particular, a demand management plan is incorporated into a ... -
Matrix representations of the inverse problem in the graph model for conflict resolution
Wang, Junjie; Hipel, Keith W.; Fang, Liping; Dang, Yaoguo (Elsevier, 2018-10-01)Given the final individual stability for each decision maker or an equilibrium of interest, a matrix-based method for an inverse analysis is developed in order to calculate all of the possible preferences for each decision ... -
Multi-indicator supply chain management framework for food convergent innovation in the dairy business
Talukder, Byomkesh; Agnusdei, Giulio P.; Hipel, Keith; Dubé, Laurette (Elsevier, 2021)A comprehensive integrated framework of indicators currently used in lean, agile, sustainable and resilient supply chain paradigms is developed under the umbrella of convergent innovation (CI) and applied to the management ... -
Power asymmetry in conflict resolution with application to a water pollution dispute in China
Yu, Jing; Kilgour, D. Marc; Hipel, Keith W.; Zhao, Min (Wiley, 2015-10-01)The concept of power asymmetry is incorporated into the framework of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) and then applied to a water pollution dispute in China in order to show how it can provide strategic ... -
Strategic Investigation of the Jackpine Mine Expansion Dispute in the Alberta Oil Sands
Xiao, Yi; Hipel, Keith W.; Fang, Liping (IGI GLOBAL, 2015-03-01)The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) methodology is employed to ascertain strategic insights into a serious conflict over environmental concerns connected to the expanded exploitation of oil sands at the Jackpine ... -
Water pricing conflict in British Columbia
Garcia, Amanda; Hipel, Keith W.; Obeidi, Amer (Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2017)The Water Sustainability Act in British Columbia, Canada is a source of conflict among citizens, the provincial government, and industrial groundwater users. The water extraction fees stipulated in the act highlight the ...