Review and Bibliographic Analysis of Metaheuristic Methods in Multicriteria Decision-Making: A 45-Year Perspective Across International, Latin American, and Colombian Contexts by Christian Manuel Moreno Rocha, Andres Santacruz Benitez, Daina Arenas Buelvas

“…The most popular methods are TOPSIS, AHP (analytic hierarchy process), VIKOR, PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation), and ANP. …”
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Joint Operation of Reservoir Group in Longxi River Basin Considering Agricultural Water Demand by CHEN Si, XU Wei, ZHAO Siqi, YIN Shiming, YANG Yi

“…Water resources in small- and medium-sized basins are often not reasonably allocated,and the utilization rate of water resources is not high.In this paper,five reservoirs in the Longxi River Basin are taken as an example.Firstly,the hydrological model is constructed,and the parameters of the model are calibrated and verified by the 12-year measured runoff of Liujiantan Hydrological Station.The NSE can reach 0.89,the R² is 0.87,and the relative error (RE) is 5.4 %.The inflow process to the reservoir interval is obtained.Secondly,three representative crops of corn,rice,and sweet potato in the basin are selected to construct the reservoir irrigation water demand model.The crop coefficient method and Penman-Monteith formula are adopted to calculate the crop water demand and the USDA-SCS method was used to calculate the effective precipitation.Finally,the joint and single reservoir operation models of the Longxihe reservoir group to maximize the comprehensive water supply and power generation are built,and the POA solution and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process are utilized to optimize the scheme.The results show that the joint operation is more capable to balance the distribution of water resources between upstream and downstream reservoirs,improve the power generation efficiency and water supply guarantee rate,and reduce the amount of abandoned water than the single reservoir operation.…”
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A new definition and three categories for classifying ecosystems by Jaime Gómez-Márquez

“…However, this definition says nothing about the open character of ecosystems, about the hierarchy among species and processes, or about their capacity to evolve as a whole throughout the history of life on this planet. …”
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Family Physicians May Benefit From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills in Primary Care Setting. by Omer Serkan Turan

“…Family physician can guide patient like a coach to obtain higher levels in Maslows hierarchy of needs as biopsychosocial model suggests and obtain the change in behavior towards a healthier life with using cognitive behavioral therapy skills. …”
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Fuzzy Assessment of Steel Deck Pavement for Long Suspension Bridge of the Fourth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge by Jinyu Zong, Keqiang Zhang, Binggen Zhan, Rui Ma

“…A three-level logical assessment structure including 21 basic impact factors was built according to analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and the weight for each judgment matrix was determined by the Delphi method. …”
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Assessment of food toxicology by Alexander Gosslau

“…A decrease of rodent animal testing with its limitations of high costs, low throughput readouts, inconsistent responses, ethical issues and concerns of extrapolability to humans have led to an increased use of these but also alternative lower hierarchy surrogate animal models (e.g. Drosophila melanogaster; Caenorhabditis elegans or Danio rerio) and efforts to integrate organotypic systems and stem cell-based assays. …”
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Higher-Order Chromatin Regulation of Inflammatory Gene Expression by Jin-Wen Xu, Shuang Ling, Jun Liu

“…This article will review emerging evidence on the genome organization hierarchy underlying the inflammatory response.…”
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THE USA AND JAPAN IN WORLD POLITICS by S. V. Volkov

“…The author determines structure of the system, detects leading interactions between its elements, examines the integrity of the American-Japanese system, its levels and hierarchy, dynamics of functioning. The study attempts to prove the author’s methodology which considers bilateral U.S. – Japan institutions as the basis of the American – Japanese system. …”
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Sustainable Development and Flood Risk Assessment in Haripur District: A Multicriteria Analysis Using AHP and Geospatial Techniques by Zulqarnain Jehan, Ali Husnain, Muhammad Waseem, Sareer Ahmad, Megersa Kebede Leta

“…This research employs an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) model and geographic information system (GIS) analysis to delineate flood risk zones. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Optimization of Waterproof Adhesive Layer for Concrete Bridge Deck in Seasonal Frozen Region Using AHP by Weidong Jin, Yu Zhao, Wensheng Wang, Feng He

“…According to the priority analysis of the factors including cost, construction difficulty, and environmental protection for the four kinds of materials by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP), SBS-modified asphalt is obtained as the most suitable waterproof adhesive layer of diatomite rubber particle asphalt mixture bridge deck in seasonal frozen region.…”
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Impact Evaluation of Prefabricated Buildings Cost on Game Theory-Cloud Model by Na Li, Zhifeng Fan

“…Game theory is used to optimize the subjective and objective weights determined by the attribute hierarchy model and the entropy weight method and to confirm the comprehensive weight of the evaluation index. …”
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Ensemble Weights-Based Geospatial Model for Optimal Allocation of Wind Turbines: A Case Study in Wasit, Iraq by Sachit Mourtadha Sarhan

“…The model addressed three weighting scenarios: subjective weighting derived from the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), objective weighting derived from the Entropy Weighting Method (EWM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) weighting based on real-world experiences. …”
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Analysis and Optimization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Infill Patterns for Additive Manufacturing in Pipeline Applications by Benjamin Lazarus S., S. Raja, Shanmugam K., Simon Yishak

“…Utilizing the multi-criteria decision-making technique known as analytical hierarchy process (AHP), a systematic approach is employed to determine the optimal printing pattern. …”
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The Competition of Dominant Powers in the International System and the US-China Encounter in the Horn of Africa (2012-2022) by Kaan Devecioğlu

“…Using the concept of dissatisfaction, the study explores three main hypotheses: 1) the US as a satisfied dominant power and China as a dissatisfied rising power; 2) the US as a dissatisfied dominant power and China as a satisfied rising power; and 3) both actors being satisfied with the current international system. The Multiple Hierarchy Model is also applied when arguing these hypotheses. …”
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Multicriteria Model for Shared Parking and Parking Route Recommender Systems by Pengfei Zhao, Lingxiang Wei, Dong Pan, Shuai Dong

“…Furthermore, an analytic hierarchy process Entropy-TOPSIS grey relational analysis (AHP-Entropy-TOPSIS-GRA) method and an improved ant colony algorithm were proposed to solve the proposed allocation of parking spaces and recommend optimal parking routes, respectively. …”
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Methodological fundamentals of scientific research of digitalization of state authority: theoretical and legal aspects by E. Najafli

“…The structure of the methodology of research of digitalization of the state power which consists of seven "levels" located on the principle of hierarchy and subordination is offered: 1) the dominant world outlook; 2) philosophical principles; 3) type of scientific thinking (scientific rationality); 4) principles of scientific knowledge; 5) scientific paradigms; 6) methodological approaches; 7) scientific methods of cognition. …”
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MDMA. Un modèle pour l’identification et l’annotation des marqueurs discursifs « potentiels » en contexte by Catherine T. Bolly, Ludivine Crible, Liesbeth Degand, Deniz Uygur-Distexhe

“…The hypothesis is that the statistical analysis – based on the distributional constraints of the potential DMs at stake – should uncover a certain hierarchy between the different features under scrutiny, regarding their relevance, reliability, and generalizability (or even specificity). …”
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Conceptual mapping of geography textbook content on the example of the desert biome by Petr Trahorsch, Jan Daniel Bláha, Kristýna Ryčlová

“…The results show that the presentation of desert biomes in the textbooks we analysed is somewhat superficial, as the authors do not strive to interconnect concepts from different areas, and their conceptual maps lack higher hierarchy levels. Therefore, textbook authors should opt for a different conceptual approach to explanatory texts instead of the traditional coverage of the individual components of geographical environments. …”
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AHP-based geospatial analysis for landslide susceptibility zonation in Wayanad District by Irshad Tharayil, T Harikrishnan, Bose Mahalingam, Kurniati Titi

“…The landslide conditioning factor was assigned with the help of the semi-quantitative Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Technique. In this current study, 13 parameters were analyzed. …”
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Optimal Pattern Synthesis of Linear Antenna Array Using Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithm by Prerna Saxena, Ashwin Kothari

“…GWO is a new nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the social hierarchy and hunting behavior of grey wolves. It has potential to exhibit high performance in solving not only unconstrained but also constrained optimization problems. …”
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