Multicriterial method based on indexes of sustainable to aid in the choice of treatment systems for sewage

• Grant number: 09/07598-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2009
• End date: February 29, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Cleto Pires
• Grantee: Alexandre Bevilacqua Leoneti
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The investment in sanitation and treatment of sewage is necessary for conservation of water resources. To assist the managers of the organizations in their decision making, the use of models to support decision-making has been used since the 1960s, with strong emphasis on economic issues, financial and operating of the wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs). The use of more refined models, which consider the issues of environmental sustainability of WWTPs is a subject that has attracted interest, as noted in recent literature, although relatively scarce. This research aims to develop a model multicriterial, based on methods and models of decision making, to be one of the tools to support the choice of system of sewage treatment more appropriate for a particular municipality. For this, models will be selected to represent the parameters of environmental sustainability involved in deployment, operation and maintenance of the main arrangements of WWTPs adopted in Brazil. The application of new methods and techniques followed by simulations and analysis of the results aims to provide the means to see the same problem on different visions and, using different criteria, could be a contribution to facilitate the process of decision making to choose of the alternative technical, economic, environmental and socially more feasible.

Scientific publications

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LEONETI, ALEXANDRE BEVILACQUA; BANARES-ALCANTARA, RENE; PIRES, EDUARDO CLETO; DE OLIVEIRA, SONIA VALLE WALTER BORGES. A Multi-Criteria and Multi-Agent Framework for supporting complex decision-making processes. GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION, v. 31, n. 5, p. 26-pg., 2022-08-05. (09/07598-3, 16/03722-5, 13/06807-3)

LUKE OGILVIE THOMPSON; ALEXANDRE BEVILACQUA LEONETI; RENÉ BAÑARES-ALCÁNTARA; EDUARDO CLETO PIRES. Usando a teoria dos jogos para avaliar estratégias entre empresas no gerenciamento de bacias hidrográficas. Rev. Ambient. Água, v. 11, n. 3, p. 535-547, 2016-09-00. (13/06807-3, 09/07598-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LEONETI, Alexandre Bevilacqua. Game theory and sustainability in decision making: application to wastewater treatment systems. 2012. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.