An AHP-Delphi Multi-Criteria Usage Cases Model with Application to Citrogypsum Decisions, Case Study: Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Company
Today, advantage of biotechnology especially in environmental issues compared to other technologies is irrefragable. Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Company, as a largest producer of citric acid in Middle East, applies biotechnology for this goal. Citrogypsum is a by–product of citric acid production and it considered as a valid residuum of this company. At this paper summary of acid citric production and condition of Citrogypsum production in company were introduced in addition to defmition of Citrogypsum production and its applications in world. According to these information and evaluation of present conditions about Iran needing to Citrogypsum, the best priority was introduced and emphasized on strategy selection and proper programming for self-sufficiency. The Delphi technique was used to elicit expert opinions about criteria for evaluating the usages. The criteria identified by the experts were profitability, capacity of production, the degree of investment, marketable, production ease and time production. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (ARP) and Expert Choice software were used to compare the alternatives on the criteria derived from the Delphi process.
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and Ugras, J., "An investigation of the
relative importance of the characteristics of
information in governmental financial
reporting," Business Journal., 19(1-2),
56(2004).
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‘Remarks on the analytic hierarchy
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[1] Xu, T. and Yang, W., "Citric acid production
by electrodialysis with bipolar membranes,"
Chemical Engineering and Processing,
41,519 (2002).
[2] Murad, A.E.H. and Khalaf, S.A.D., "Citric
acid production from whey with sugars and
additives by Aspergillus niger," African
Journal of Biotechnology,2 (10),356( 2003).
[3] Yigitoglu, M., "Production of citric acid by
fungi," Journal of Islamic Academy of
Science, 5 (2), 100(1992).
[4] Vallmer, C., Middendrof, B. and Singh,
N.B., "Hydration of α-hemihydrate in the
presence of carboxylic acids," Journal of
Thermal Analysis and calorimetery, 86,
721(2006).
[5] Factsheet on: What is Gypsum?
Environment and Raw Material Committed
(2007), www.eurogypsum.org.
[6] Pavlov, K. A. and Dmitrevskii, B. A.,
"Influence of crystallization conditions in
production of citric acid on the properties of
forming calcium sulfate," Russian Journal of
Applied Chemistry, 76( 9), 1408(2003).
[7] Ibrahim, T.M.M and El- Hussaini, O.M.,
"Production of anhydrite-gypsum and
recovery of rare earths as a by-product,"
hydrometallurgy, 87,11(2007).
[8] Kostic-Pulek, A., Marinkovic, S., Logar, V.,
Tomanec, R. and Popov, S., "Production of
calcium sulphate alpha-hemihydrate from
citrogypsum in unheated sulphuric acid
solution," Ceramics-Silikaty, 44(3), 1047
(2000).
[9] The impact of the biotechnology industry on
local economic development in the Boston
and San Diego metropolitan areas, Michael
Sable, Technological Forecasting and Social
Change, Emerging Trends in Science and
Technology Policy 74, 36( 2007).
[10] Tzouvalas, G., Rantis, G. and Tsimas, S.,
"Alternative calcium-sulfate-bearing materials
as cement retarders: Part II. FGD
gypsum," Cement and Concrete Research,
34, 2119(2004).
[11] Ladwig, K., "A Review of Manufacturing
Uses for Gypsum Produced by Flue Gas
Desulfurization Systems", Electric Power
Research Institute, Interim Report,
February 2006, EPRI Project Manager.
[12] Hwang, C.L. and Yoon, K., Multiple
attribute decision making: Methods and
applications, New York, Springer-Verlag
(1981).
[13] Hwang, C.L., and Masud, A. S., Multi
Objective Decision Making, Methods and
Applications, Berlin, Springer. (1979).
[14] Ehrgott, M., and Wiecek, M.M.,
"Multiobjective programming; In: Figueira
J., Greco S., Ehrgott M. Multiple criteria
decision analysis: state of the art surveys",
Springer Science + Business Media, Inc,
667(2005).
[15] Vaidya, O. S. and Kumar, S., "Analytic
hierarchy process: An overview of
applications," European Journal of
Operational Research, 169, 1(2006).
[16] Saaty, T. L., "Axiomatic foundations of the
analytic hierarchy process," Management
science, 32, 41(1983).
[17] Saaty, T. L., "Modeling unstructured
decision problems: a theory of analytical
hierarchies," Proceedings of the First
International Conference on Mathematical
Modeling, 69(1977).
[18] Bijl, R., "Delphi in a future scenario study
on mental health and mental health care"
Futures, 24, 232(1992).
[19] Hall, N. G., Hershey, J. C. and Kessler, L.
G., "A model for making project funding
decisions at the national cancer institute",
Operations Research, 40, 1040(1992).
[20] Weinberger, T. E, "The strategic centrality
of jobs: a measure of value". Compensation
and benefits review, 24 (1), 61(1992).
[21] Niederman, F., Brancheau, J. C., and
Wetherbe, J. C., "Information systems
management issues for the 1990s",
Quarterly, 15,(4),474( 1991).
[22] Tavana, M. and Kennedy, D. T., "N-Site: A
Distributed Consensus Building and
Negotiation Support System", International
Journal of Information Technology and
Decision Making. 5(.1),123(2006).
[23] Okoli, Ch. and Pawlwoski, S., " The
Delphi Method as a Research Tool: An
Example, Design Considerations and
Applications", Journal of Information and
Management 42,15( 2004).
[24] Dalkey, N. C., Rourke, D. L., Lewis, R.,
and Snyder, D., "Studies in the quality of
life. Lexington", D.C. Heath and Company,
1972.
[25] Brockoff, K., "Group process for
forecasting," European Journal of
Operational Research,13(2),115( 1983).
[26] Preble, J. F., "The selection of delphi
panels for strategic planning purposes",
Strategic Management Journal 5(2),
157(1984).
[27] Tavana, M., Kennedy D. T. and Mohebbi,
B., "Total quality index: a benchmarking
tool for total quality management",
Benchmarking: An International Journal
10( 6),507( 2003).
[28] Al-Harbi, K.M.AL-S., "Application of the
AHP in project management," International
Journal of Project Management.,
19,19(2001).
[29] Xu, Z., "On consistency of the weighted
geometric mean complex judgment matrix
in AHP," European Journal of Operational
Research. .,126, 683(2000).
[30] Malhotra, M. K., Steele, D. C., and Grover,
V., "Important Strategic and Tactical
Manufacturing Issues in the 1990s,"
Decision Sciences., 25(2),189(1994).
[31] Hudak, R. P., Brooke, P. P. Jr., Finstuen,
K., and Riley, P., "Health care
administration in the year 2000:
Practioners’ views of future issues and job
requirements" Hospital and Health Services
Administration., 38(2), 181(1993).
[32] Tavana, M., Kennedy, D. T. and Joglekar,
P.", A group decision support framework for consensus ranking of technical manager
candidates," Omega, International Journal
of Management Science., 24, 523(1996).
[33] www.Expertchoice.com.
[34] Tavana, M., Kennedy, D. T., Leauby, B.
and Ugras, J., "An investigation of the
relative importance of the characteristics of
information in governmental financial
reporting," Business Journal., 19(1-2),
56(2004).
[35] Harker, P. T. and Vargas, L. G., "Reply to
‘Remarks on the analytic hierarchy
process," Management Science.,
36,269(1990).
[36] Dyer, J. S., "A clarification of ‘Remarks on
the analytic hierarchy process," Management
science.,36,274(1990).
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