TY - GEN
T1 - Principles of the EP-AMIS GIS/multicriteria methodology for participatory electric power transmission line routing
AU - Bailey, Keiron
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Geospatial Decision Support Systems (GeoDSS) use a spatial data infrastructure and presentation medium such as GIS to promote collaborative analytic decision making. This paper describes the logical principles and application of a GeoDSS methodology employed for multistakeholder electric power transmission line routing. Layered spatial data are aggregated in ArcGIS for environmental, engineering, visibility and other criteria. A twotiered Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to identify and weight decision criteria. A participatory Delphi approach is used to compose the hierarchy and weight its features. AHP decision weights are calculated using element values and then integrated using a global criterion of impedance. GIS scripts integrate the data layers and generate a summary impedance surface that captures engineering, cultural, social and economic values. This GeoDSS is termed Enhanced Participatory Analytic Minimum Impedance Surface (EP-AMIS). EP-AMIS permits a range of simulations to be performed including spatial sensitivity analyses to evaluate corridor routing options quantitatively and model dynamic changes. EP-AMIS mobilizes the principles of distributive justice in a GeoDSS.
AB - Geospatial Decision Support Systems (GeoDSS) use a spatial data infrastructure and presentation medium such as GIS to promote collaborative analytic decision making. This paper describes the logical principles and application of a GeoDSS methodology employed for multistakeholder electric power transmission line routing. Layered spatial data are aggregated in ArcGIS for environmental, engineering, visibility and other criteria. A twotiered Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to identify and weight decision criteria. A participatory Delphi approach is used to compose the hierarchy and weight its features. AHP decision weights are calculated using element values and then integrated using a global criterion of impedance. GIS scripts integrate the data layers and generate a summary impedance surface that captures engineering, cultural, social and economic values. This GeoDSS is termed Enhanced Participatory Analytic Minimum Impedance Surface (EP-AMIS). EP-AMIS permits a range of simulations to be performed including spatial sensitivity analyses to evaluate corridor routing options quantitatively and model dynamic changes. EP-AMIS mobilizes the principles of distributive justice in a GeoDSS.
KW - Analytic Hierarchy Process
KW - Geographic information systems
KW - Optimization
KW - Routing
KW - Simulation
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U2 - 10.1109/PSCE.2006.296342
DO - 10.1109/PSCE.2006.296342
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81755187367
SN - 142440178X
SN - 9781424401789
T3 - 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006 - Proceedings
SP - 385
EP - 388
BT - 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006 - Proceedings
T2 - 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006
Y2 - 29 October 2006 through 1 November 2006
ER -