Search Results - "Bana e Costa, Carlos A"

Indicators for evaluating European population health: a Delphi selection process by Freitas, Ângela, Santana, Paula, Oliveira, Mónica D, Almendra, Ricardo, Bana E Costa, João C, Bana E Costa, Carlos A

“…Indicators are essential instruments for monitoring and evaluating population health. The selection of a multidimensional set of indicators should not only…”
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A multi-criteria model for auditing a Predictive Maintenance Programme by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Carnero, María Carmen, Oliveira, Mónica Duarte

“…► We propose a multi-criteria model for auditing a Predictive Maintenance Programme. ► The model was implemented in the General Hospital of Ciudad Real in…”
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Prioritization of bridges and tunnels in earthquake risk mitigation using multicriteria decision analysis: Application to Lisbon by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Oliveira, Carlos S., Vieira, Victor

“…This paper presents the development of a multicriteria value model enabling the prioritization of bridges and tunnels according to their structural…”
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Scenarios for population health inequalities in 2030 in Europe: the EURO-HEALTHY project experience by Alvarenga, António, Bana E Costa, Carlos A, Borrell, Carme, Ferreira, Pedro Lopes, Freitas, Ângela, Freitas, Liliana, Oliveira, Mónica D, Rodrigues, Teresa C, Santana, Paula, Lopes Santos, Maria, Vieira, Ana C L

“…Health inequalities have been consistently reported across and within European countries and continue to pose major challenges to policy-making. The…”
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A critical analysis of the eigenvalue method used to derive priorities in AHP by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Vansnick, Jean-Claude

“…A lot of research has been devoted to the critical analysis of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), from various perspectives. However, as far as we know, no…”
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Collaborative development of composite indices from qualitative value judgements: The EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index model by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Oliveira, Mónica D., Vieira, Ana C.L., Freitas, Liliana, Rodrigues, Teresa C., Bana e Costa, João, Freitas, Ângela, Santana, Paula

“…•A sociotechnical decision-aid approach is proposed for building composite indices.•A Web-Delphi and decision conferencing sequence allows large group…”
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Tailoring value elicitation to decision makers' numeracy and fluency: Expressing value judgments in numbers or words by Fasolo, Barbara, Bana e Costa, Carlos A.

“…In organizational settings, options evaluation requires managers to express value judgments on multiple criteria. This research investigates the influence of…”
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A multicriteria decision analysis model for faculty evaluation by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Oliveira, Mónica D.

“…In the context of increasing demands for social and financial accountability of universities, the required implementation of transparent faculty evaluation…”
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Which value aspects are relevant for the evaluation of medical devices? Exploring stakeholders' views through a Web-Delphi process by Freitas, Liliana, Vieira, Ana C L, Oliveira, Mónica D, Monteiro, Helena, Bana E Costa, Carlos A

“…Implementation and uptake of health technology assessment for evaluating medical devices require including aspects that different stakeholders consider…”
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PROBE—A multicriteria decision support system for portfolio robustness evaluation by Lourenço, João Carlos, Morton, Alec, Bana e Costa, Carlos A.

“…This paper addresses the problem of selecting a robust portfolio of projects in the context of limited resources, multiple criteria, different project…”
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Desirability–doability group judgment framework for the collaborative multicriteria evaluation of public policies by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Oliveira, Mónica D., Rodrigues, Teresa C., Vieira, Ana C.L.

“…Desirability–doability framework (2 × D) is a novel framework for the collaborative evaluation of public policies. Fundamental objectives and performance…”
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A new approach to the bi-dimensional representation of the DEA efficient frontier with multiple inputs and outputs by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Soares de Mello, João Carlos C.B., Angulo Meza, Lidia

“…•We propose a new approach to visualize the DEA efficient frontier and the position of the DMUs.•It is shown that the efficiencies are easily obtained using…”
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The MACBETH approach for multi-criteria evaluation of development projects on cross-cutting issues by Sanchez-Lopez, Ramiro, Bana e Costa, Carlos A., De Baets, Bernard

“…The European Union’s efforts for poverty reduction are based on the principle of Sustainable Human Development. Meeting the terms of this principle entails the…”
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A career choice problem: An example of how to use MACBETH to build a quantitative value model based on qualitative value judgments by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Chagas, Manuel P.

“…MACBETH (measuring attractiveness by a categorical based evaluation technique) is an approach designed to build a quantitative model of values, developed in a…”
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Improving occupational health and safety risk evaluation through decision analysis by Oliveira, Mónica D., Lopes, Diana F., Bana e Costa, Carlos A.

“…Risk matrices (RMs) are extensively used for risk management, namely in occupational health and safety (OHS) settings, despite suffering from well‐known…”
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A Socio-technical Approach for Group Decision Support in Public Strategic Planning: The Pernambuco PPA Case by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Lourenço, João Carlos, Oliveira, Mónica Duarte, Bana e Costa, João C.

“…This article describes a socio-technical approach to public strategic planning. A multi-methodological framework with decision support systems (DSS) of problem…”
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Portfolio robustness evaluation: a case study in the electricity sector by João Carlos Lourenço, João Oliveira Soares, Carlos A. Bana E Costa

“…Managers continually face the task of allocating resources to projects when there is not enough money to fund them all. Portfolio Robustness Evaluation (PROBE)…”
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A multicriteria model for portfolio management by Costa, Carlos A. Bana E, Soares, João Oliveira

“…The paper presents a new model to support the selection of a portfolio of stocks based on the results of the fieldwork undertaken with fund managers and using…”
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Facilitating bid evaluation in public call for tenders: a socio-technical approach by Bana e Costa, Carlos A., Corrêa, Émerson C., De Corte, Jean-Marie, Vansnick, Jean-Claude

“…A specific multicriteria socio-technical approach to facilitating bid evaluation processes is presented and several issues that warrant its use are discussed…”
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Transparent prioritisation, budgeting and resource allocation with multi-criteria decision analysis and decision conferencing by Phillips, Lawrence D., Bana e Costa, Carlos A.

“…Managers in both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations continually face the task of allocating resources by balancing costs, benefits and risks and…”
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