Research Article

Multicriteria Spatial Decision Analysis for the Development of the Italian Minor Airport System

Table 5

MCSDA-JLB “services classification” procedure.

Criteria (CB.n)Sub-criteria (SB.n)Indicators (IB.n)Specific resource parameter i(IB.n) for alternative (A.n)Potential resource parameter (ppd.n)Thresholds satisfaction (ssd.n)Value classification function [f(cdm.n)]Value classification and related score (cdm.n)Weighting and standardisation of value classification function [fnl(cdm.n)]JLB Services requisites (Weighted and standardised value) classification (cdmn.n)

Service requisites (JLB)SB.1IB.1i(IB.1; An)ppd.a(IB.1;A.n)ssd(IB.1;St.n)VHif ppd.a(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)VH= cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)VH=1fnl[cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)VHp(IB.1;St.n)]cdmn.a(IB.1;A.n) or
ssd(IB.1;St.n)Hif ssd(IB.1;St.n)VH>ppd.a(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)H= cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)H=0.75fnl[cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)Hp(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.1;St.n)Aif ssd(IB.1;St.n)H>ppd.a(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)A= cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)A=0.5fnl[cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)Ap(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.1;St.n)Lif ssd(IB.1;St.n)A>ppd.a(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)L= cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)L=0.25fnl[cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)Lp(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.1;St.n)VLif ppd.a(IB.1;A.n)<ssd(IB.1;St.n)VL= cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)VL=0fnl[cdm.a(IB.1;A.n)VLp(IB.1;St.n)]
ppd.b(IB.1;A.n)ssd(IB.1;St.n)VHif ppd.n(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)VH= cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)VH=1fnl[cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)VHp(IB.1;St.n)]cdmn.n(IB.1;A.n) or
ssd(IB.1;St.n)Hif ssd(IB.1;St.n)VH>ppd.n(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)H= cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)H=0.75fnl[cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)Hp(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.1;St.n)Aif ssd(IB.1;St.n)H>ppd.n(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)A= cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)A=0.5fnl[cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)Ap(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.1;St.n)Lif ssd(IB.1;St.n)A>ppd.n(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.1;St.n)L= cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)L=0.25fnl[cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)Lp(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.1;St.n)VLif ppd.n(IB.1;A.n)<ssd(IB.1;St.n)VL= cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)VL=0fnl[cdm.n(IB.1;A.n)VLp(IB.1;St.n)]

Service requisites (JLB)

Service requisites (JLB)SB.nIB.nppd.n(IB.n;A.n)ssd(IB.n;St.n)VHif ppd.n(IB.n;A.n)>ssd(IB.n;St.n)VH= cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)VH=1fnl[cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)VHp(IB.1;St.n)]cdmn.n(IB.n;A.n)
ssd(IB.n;St.n)Hif ssd(IB.n;St.n)VH>ppd.n(IB.n;A.n)>ssd(IB.n;St.n)H= cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)H=0.75fnl[cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)Hp(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.n;St.n)Aif ssd(IB.n;St.n)H>ppd.n(IB.n;A.n)>ssd(IB.n;St.n)A= cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)A=0.5fnl[cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)Ap(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.n;St.n)Lif ssd(IB.n;St.n)A>ppd.n(IB.1;A.n)>ssd(IB.n;St.n)L= cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)L=0.25fnl[cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)Lp(IB.1;St.n)]
ssd(IB.n;St.n)VLif ppd.n(IB.n;A.n)<ssd(IB.n;St.n)VL= cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)VL=0fnl[cdm.n(IB.n;A.n)VLp(IB.1;St.n)]

VH= very high; H= high; A=average; L=low; VL=very low.

Source: elaboration from Guarini M.R., Battisti F., Buccarini C., Chiovitti A., 2015: A model of Multicriteria Analysis to Develop Italy’s Minor Airport System.