Capital budgeting model for a nuclear power plant using multiattribute decision analysis

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dc.contributor.authorPinion, Michael G.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:29Zen
dc.date.adate2010-03-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:29Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2010-03-30en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-30en
dc.description.abstractManagers of nuclear power plants are frequently faced with complex decisions which are further complicated by potentially conflicting objectives. The capital budgeting process is one area involving these complex decisions. This paper provides a capital budgeting model for a nuclear power plant. The capital budgeting process requires allocating limited resources in an attempt to satisfy a set of potentially conflicting objectives. An analytic hierarchy structure was developed to rank the projects by priority of the goals. A tool used in solving this capital budgeting problem was a form of linear programming known as integer programming with contingent constraints. The computer software used in this analysis was the integer programming provided in STORM Personal Version 2.0. The project alternative priority preference (APP) assignments derived from the analytic hierarchy process were used as the coefficients in the objective function. Multi-attribute decision analysis is a useful tool available to managers of nuclear power plants that can be applied to the capital budgeting process. An important aspect of this process is the methodical definition of the factors or attributes that are important to the organization.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 85 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03302010-020151en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020151/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41815en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1990.P564.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22216268en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1990.P564en
dc.subject.lcshNuclear power plants -- Capital investments -- Decision makingen
dc.titleCapital budgeting model for a nuclear power plant using multiattribute decision analysisen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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