FUZZY MEASUREMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY

FUZZY MEASUREMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. WHO IS INTERESTED IN SUSTAINABILITY?

1.2. DIFFICULTIES OF ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY

1.3. WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?

1.4. PROBLEMS-QUESTIONS

Chapter 2: INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY LOGIC

2.1. WHY ASSESS SUSTAINABILITY VIA FUZZY LOGIC?

2.2. FUZZY SETS AND LINGUISTIC VARIABLES

2.2.1. Definitions

2.2.2. Convex Fuzzy Sets

2.2.3. Algebra of Fuzzy Sets

2.2.4. The Extension Principle

2.2.5. Fuzzy Relations and Compositions of Fuzzy Relations

2.3. FUZZY LOGIC

2.3.1. Overview of Propositional Logic

2.3.2. Approximate Reasoning

2.4. FUZZY SYSTEMS

2.4.1. Description

2.4.2. Fuzzification

2.4.3. Inference

2.4.4. Mamdani Fuzzy Systems

2.4.4. Mamdani Fuzzy Systems

2.4.6. Design Criteria For Fuzzy Systems

2.5. A MONOTONIC HIERARCHICAL FUZZY SYSTEM

2.5.1. Introduction

2.5.2. Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems

2.6. PROBLEMS

Chapter 3: SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

3.1. WHAT ARE SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS?

3.2. THE SHANNON INDEX OF BIODIVERSITY

3.3 TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY (TFP)

3.4. MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD (MSY)

3.5. SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT BY FUZZY EVALUATION (SAFE)

3.6. PROBLEMS-QUESTIONS

Chapter 4: FUZZY ASSESSMENT

4.1. CONFIGURATION OF THE SAFE MODEL

4.2. BASIC INDICATORS

4.3. NORMALIZATION

4.4. EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING

4.5. FUZZIFICATION

4.6. RULE BASES

4.7. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

4.8. RESULTS

4.9. PROBLEMS

Chapter 5: SUSTAINABILITY OF ORGANIZATIONS

5.1. INTRODUCTION

5.2. THE SAFE MODEL

5.3. AN APPLICATION

5.4. METHODS TO ESTIMATE EMISSIONS AND WASTE

Appendix: PROGRAMMING HINTS AND TIPS

A.1. RULE BASE REPRESENTATIONS

A.2. LINGUISTIC VALUES AND MEMBERSHIP GRADES

A.3. A FORTRAN 77 CODE FOR THE SAFE MODEL

A.4. EXAMPLES OF INPUT AND OUTPUT FILES

REFERENCES

INDEX