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Decision Analysis in Agricultural Systems

Second Semester 2007



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Course objectives: - To equip students with ability to analyse and use decision analysis for the management of uncertainty and risks in agriculture. - To equip students with ability to adapt principles and techniques in decision making analysis for agricultural planning and natural resource management.


Course Description: Decision analysis for supporting decision making in agriculture and natural resource management. Principles and techniques in multi-criteria decision making to solve complex problems involving multi-attributes and multi-objectives. Risk analysis and management in agriculture. Decision under uncertainties at different hierarchical levels, from farm to policy making and planning in agricultural systems.

Instructor:  Attachai Jintrawet  ()

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Week
Lectures
Lab Assignments
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1
 Introduction to Decision Analysis      
2
 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods.      
3
 Quantification of Qualitative Data for MCDM Problems.      
4
 Evaluating Criteria      
5
 Decision Alternatives and Constraints      
6
 Criterion Weighting      
7
 Decision Attributes Decision Rules      
8
Mid-term
9
 Multi-objective Decision Rules      
10
 Sensitivity Analysis Approach for MCDM Methods.      
11
 Risk in Agricultural Systems      
12
 Measuring Uncertainty      
13
 Making Better Judgments Under Uncertainty      
14
 Integrating Beliefs and Preferences for Decision Analysis      
15
 Accounting for Risk in Whole-Farm Planning
Farmer Strategies to Manage Risk
Risk Considerations in Agricultural Policy Making and Planning		      
 
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