The Role of Decision Models in the Evaluation of Competing Environmental Health Alternatives

Albert J. Klee
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Albert J. Klee: Solid Waste Management Office, Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio

Management Science, 1971, vol. 18, issue 2, B52-B67

Abstract: This paper discusses the problems faced by the Solid Waste Management Office (formerly the Bureau of Solid Waste Management) in evaluating competing environmental health alternatives, given a set of decision criteria. The concepts of scoring models are reviewed. Techniques for the implementation of a linear scoring model are critically examined; and a new method, termed DARE, is discussed as it is presently applied in this Office. The DARE method is a rational, orderly procedure that minimizes the number of decisions required of the decisionmaker.

Date: 1971
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