Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Framework for Supporting Biofuels Policy Making
In this paper, a fuzzy algorithm and a fuzzy multicriteria
decision framework are developed and used for a practical
question of optimizing biofuels policy making. The methodological
framework shows how to incorporate fuzzy set theory in a decision
process of finding a sustainable biofuels policy among several policy
options. Fuzzy set theory is used here as a tool to deal with
uncertainties of decision environment, vagueness and ambiguities of
policy objectives, subjectivities of human assessments and imprecise
and incomplete information about the evaluated policy instruments.
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Biofuel Policies on World Agricultural and Food Markets", 107th
EAAE Seminar "Modelling of Agricultural and Rural Development
Policies". Sevilla, Spain, January 29th - February 1st, 2008.
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implications: analyses using partial and general equilibrium
approaches", Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization,
vol. 6(2), pp. 1234-1234, 2008.
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Ethanol Policy Options", FAPRI-MU Report, vol. 04-09, 2009.
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and tax credit for ethanol with farm subsidies", Agricultural and
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Bryant, and J. Richardson, "Land Use Implications of Expanding
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41(2), pp. 435-453, 2009.
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the effects of biofuel feedstock production on climate, water quality and
biodiversity", IAAE Conference, Beijing, China, August 16-22nd, 2009.
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and their by-products: global economic and environmental
implications", American Agricultural Economics Association Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 27-29th, 2008.
[11] J. Ziolkowska, and L. Simon, "Environmental Effects and Implications
of Biofuels in the EU and US - Theoretical Framework and Empirical
Analysis". In: K. Labar, M. Petrick, and G. Buchenrieder (eds.)
"Challenges of Education and Innovation for Agricultural
Development". Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central
and Eastern Europe, vol. 56, pp. 79-88, 2010.
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Place in Summer 2010". Available on the World Wide Web:
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Switzerland: International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2007.
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intelligence". In: G. Klir, B. Yuan, "Fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, and fuzzy
systems". Selected papers by Lotfi A. Zadeh. World Scientific:
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[15] M.G. Goumas, and V. Lygerou, "An extension of the PROMETHEE
method for decision-making in fuzzy environment: ranking of alternative
energy exploitation projects", European Journal of Operational
Research, vol. 123, pp. 606-613, 2000.
[16] R. Yager, "A procedure for ordering fuzzy subsets of the unit interval".
Information Science, vol. 24, pp. 143-161, 1981.
[1] M. Banse, H. van Meijl, A. Tabeau, and G. Woltjer, "Impact of EU
Biofuel Policies on World Agricultural and Food Markets", 107th
EAAE Seminar "Modelling of Agricultural and Rural Development
Policies". Sevilla, Spain, January 29th - February 1st, 2008.
[2] W. Tyner, and F. Taheripour, "Biofuels, policy options, and their
implications: analyses using partial and general equilibrium
approaches", Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization,
vol. 6(2), pp. 1234-1234, 2008.
[3] S. Meyer, P. Westhoff, and W. Thompson, "Impacts of Selected US
Ethanol Policy Options", FAPRI-MU Report, vol. 04-09, 2009.
[4] H. de Gorter, D. Just, and Q. Tan, "The socially optimal import tariff
and tax credit for ethanol with farm subsidies", Agricultural and
Resource Economics Review, vol. 38(1), pp. 65-77, 2009.
[5] T. Wiesenthal, G. Leduc, P. Christidis, B. Schade, L. Pelkmans, L.
Govaerts, and P. Georgopou-los, "Biofuel support policies in Europe:
Lessons learnt for the long way ahead", Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews, vol. 13(4), pp. 789-800, 2009.
[6] W. Harrison, "The food versus fuel debate: implications for consumers",
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, vol. 41(2), pp. 493-500,
2009.
[7] C. Cuevas-Cubria, "Assessing the environmental externalities from
biofuels in Australia", Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics
Society Conference (53rd), Cairns, Australia, February 11-13th, 2009.
[8] M. Dicks, J. Campiche, D. De La Torre Ugarte, C. Hellwinckel, H.
Bryant, and J. Richardson, "Land Use Implications of Expanding
Biofuel Demand", Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, vol.
41(2), pp. 435-453, 2009.
[9] J. Lankoski, and M. Ollikainen, "Biofuel policies and the environment:
the effects of biofuel feedstock production on climate, water quality and
biodiversity", IAAE Conference, Beijing, China, August 16-22nd, 2009.
[10] F. Thaeripour, T. Hertel, W. Tyner, J. Beckman, and D. Birur, "Biofuels
and their by-products: global economic and environmental
implications", American Agricultural Economics Association Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 27-29th, 2008.
[11] J. Ziolkowska, and L. Simon, "Environmental Effects and Implications
of Biofuels in the EU and US - Theoretical Framework and Empirical
Analysis". In: K. Labar, M. Petrick, and G. Buchenrieder (eds.)
"Challenges of Education and Innovation for Agricultural
Development". Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central
and Eastern Europe, vol. 56, pp. 79-88, 2010.
[12] Strategie Grains, "Minimum Incorporation Targets for Member States in
Place in Summer 2010". Available on the World Wide Web:
http://www.strategie-grains.com/ (05/20/2010).
[13] G. Kutas, C. Lindberg, and R. Steenblik, ÔÇ×Biofuels - At what cost?
Government support for ethanol and biodiesel in the European Union",
Switzerland: International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2007.
[14] L.A. Zadeh, "Fuzzy languages and their relations to human and machine
intelligence". In: G. Klir, B. Yuan, "Fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, and fuzzy
systems". Selected papers by Lotfi A. Zadeh. World Scientific:
Singapore, pp. 148-179, 1996.
[15] M.G. Goumas, and V. Lygerou, "An extension of the PROMETHEE
method for decision-making in fuzzy environment: ranking of alternative
energy exploitation projects", European Journal of Operational
Research, vol. 123, pp. 606-613, 2000.
[16] R. Yager, "A procedure for ordering fuzzy subsets of the unit interval".
Information Science, vol. 24, pp. 143-161, 1981.
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decision framework are developed and used for a practical
question of optimizing biofuels policy making. The methodological
framework shows how to incorporate fuzzy set theory in a decision
process of finding a sustainable biofuels policy among several policy
options. Fuzzy set theory is used here as a tool to deal with
uncertainties of decision environment, vagueness and ambiguities of
policy objectives, subjectivities of human assessments and imprecise
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