Hybrid Models Applied to the Construction of a Sustainability Index

• Grant number: 15/07714-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: August 01, 2015
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Regina Monteiro Masalskiene Roveda
• Grantee: Sandra Regina Monteiro Masalskiene Roveda
• Host Investigator: Weldon A. Lodwick
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Sorocaba. Sorocaba , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Colorado, Denver (CU), United States

Abstract

In recent years, there have been many studies concerning the development of indexes for the measurement of sustainability. However, not all are complete and take full account of the economic, environmental, and social aspects involved in the concept of sustainable development. This project concerns the development of indexes for these aspects, as well as an index that aggregates all the measures into a single number that can be used to describe the sustainability of a particular geographic location. A hybrid methodology is employed, based on fuzzy systems and neural networks, enabling the combination of different aspects with greater flexibility, as well as the treatment of variables for which observations are incompatible and the assignment of default values. It is expected that the development of this project will result in the ability to analyze complex situations in which the combination of several indicators is required in order to describe the sustainability conditions.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOTA, M. T.; ROVEDA, J. A. F.; ROVEDA, S. R. M. M.; ZADEH, LA; YAGER, RR; SHAHBAZOVA, SN; REFORMAT, MZ; KREINOVICH, V. Evaluation of Green Spaces Using Fuzzy Systems. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NEW DIRECTION IN SOFT-COMPUTING FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS, v. 361, p. 9-pg., 2018-01-01. (15/07714-4)

SOARES, L. F. S.; ROVEDA, S. R. M. M.; ROVEDA, J. A. F.; LODWICK, W. A.; ZADEH, LA; YAGER, RR; SHAHBAZOVA, SN; REFORMAT, MZ; KREINOVICH, V. Sustainability Index: A Fuzzy Approach for a Municipal Decision Support System. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NEW DIRECTION IN SOFT-COMPUTING FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS, v. 361, p. 11-pg., 2018-01-01. (15/07714-4)