Propagating Uncertainty
in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
into Decision-Making Problems:
A Multiple Criteria Decision Aid
Approach
Breno Barros Telles do Carmo, Manuele Margni and Pierre Baptiste
Abstract Life cycle sustainability assessments (LCSA) are a comprehensive
source of information on product performance to support decision-making processes toward sustainable production and consumption. Multiple criteria decision
aid (MCDA) approach provides a structured decision modelling that considers the
value judgments of the decision-makers and it has been proved to be useful to
support decision-making based on LCSA results. We proposed an approach able to
take into account LCSA performances when making decisions. We applied our
approach through a case study of tire life extension scenarios selection. The scenario with retreading is the solution that offer the best compromise between the
three sustainable dimensions with more than 63% probability to rank first for
Weighted sum, Topsis and Prométhée II MCDA methods.
1 Introduction
Supporting sustainable decision-making problems involves taking into account
environmental, social and economic performance assessments into mathematical
decision models, in order to communicate results to decision-makers. However,
B. B. T. do Carmo (&) Á M. Margni Á P. Baptiste
Canada Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department,
Polytechnique Montreal, 2900 boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal,
QC H3T 1J4, Canada
e-mail: breno.carmo@polymtl.ca
B. B. T. do Carmo Á M. Margni
Ciraig, 3333, Chemin Queen Mary, Office 310, Montreal,
QC H3C 3A7, Canada
B. B. T. do Carmo
Engineering Centre, Federal University of Semi Arid (UFERSA),
Avenida Francisco Mota, 572, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte
59.625-900, Brazil
© The Author(s) 2018
E. Benetto et al. (eds.), Designing Sustainable Technologies,
Products and Policies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_35
317
in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
into Decision-Making Problems:
A Multiple Criteria Decision Aid
Approach
Breno Barros Telles do Carmo, Manuele Margni and Pierre Baptiste
Abstract Life cycle sustainability assessments (LCSA) are a comprehensive
source of information on product performance to support decision-making processes toward sustainable production and consumption. Multiple criteria decision
aid (MCDA) approach provides a structured decision modelling that considers the
value judgments of the decision-makers and it has been proved to be useful to
support decision-making based on LCSA results. We proposed an approach able to
take into account LCSA performances when making decisions. We applied our
approach through a case study of tire life extension scenarios selection. The scenario with retreading is the solution that offer the best compromise between the
three sustainable dimensions with more than 63% probability to rank first for
Weighted sum, Topsis and Prométhée II MCDA methods.
1 Introduction
Supporting sustainable decision-making problems involves taking into account
environmental, social and economic performance assessments into mathematical
decision models, in order to communicate results to decision-makers. However,
B. B. T. do Carmo (&) Á M. Margni Á P. Baptiste
Canada Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department,
Polytechnique Montreal, 2900 boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal,
QC H3T 1J4, Canada
e-mail: breno.carmo@polymtl.ca
B. B. T. do Carmo Á M. Margni
Ciraig, 3333, Chemin Queen Mary, Office 310, Montreal,
QC H3C 3A7, Canada
B. B. T. do Carmo
Engineering Centre, Federal University of Semi Arid (UFERSA),
Avenida Francisco Mota, 572, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte
59.625-900, Brazil
© The Author(s) 2018
E. Benetto et al. (eds.), Designing Sustainable Technologies,
Products and Policies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_35
317