User guide - SEE Hydropower
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1. 11 4 6 CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT 13 4 6 1 Construction of evaluation tree and project alternatives 13 4 6 2 Construction and editing commands 13 4 6 3 S lection 15 4 7 ENTERING DATA IN THE EVALUATION 17 4 71 Diotionaries and 18 4 8 CREATING AGGREGATIONS sata 20 4 9 ASSIGN UTILITY FUNCTIONS 22 4 9 1 Defining the name and the domain 28 4 9 2 Defining the TVDO u u u 2 ssbasshuya anyanchyssqausaiqabayshusaqazawalaysahupapuspuqabaysqshikulassathuqa 23 4 10 CONTROL THE OBJECTIVES MATRIX ccccssssercecscsssersectosssersensosseesecssansensenteassarsenteagsarsentoaeeeeetsassersenseases 27 4 11 ASSIGNING WEIGHTS 28 4 12 WEIGHTED OBJECTIVES MATRIX cccccesseccceceeeecceecceeeseceeseeesece2. sesi wa BE File View Project Projects Manager History Windows B erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_ Manual jds Vectors of Rank Reversal Analysis of changes Stability Analysis Gradient Winning alternative abo Restore original values Weights maker vectors of rank reversal Criteria Weights Landscape Quality 5t 0 02 par itv St T 0 01 Replace the current vector of the weights of the decision maker lati niall with the vector of rank reversal on the alternative Stretch 0 004 3100520 Stretch B Usable Areas LIM Stretch B LIM Stretch A qmin a Distances alD0b20 MEM Water Management Sustainability Fig 31 Sensitivity Panel Vectors Rank Reversal replacement of the weight vector of reference Responding with a yes the vector of weights 1 becomes the one selected with the L Click and both winning alternatives and vectors of rank reversals are recalculated The vector introduced in the weights panel by the decision maker is not altered by this operation 4 14 2 Analysis of the changes of weights The analysis of changes panel shown in Fig 32 allows you to change as you like keeping constant the sum the weights set by the decision maker to observe the
3. 1 45 ab 100 100 a100b20 0 0 So oS 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 m e e e e 900 ORI nj ojojo _ sa Salta a Lisable Areas e Environment 0 o 0 n3 e 230 cen e n3 e 520 e e 0 e _ 0 2 i Fig 10 Evaluation matrix The first column on the left lists the selected criteria while the other columns represent the selected alternatives 47 kh SEE Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE Me Trananariaeal Cooperarion Propamm EUROPEAN UNION Selections are made the matrix as explained above in addition by L Clicking on name of a criterion all the cells in the row will be selected In the same way if the name of an alternative is selected the selection will be extended to the correspondent column Within the evaluation matrix you can enter both quantitative and qualitative values through the use of vocabularies and classifications that will be introduced in the next section Through the commands shown in Fig 10 you can switch to display only quantitative values 2 or both quantitative and qualitative values associated with 1 Through the command 3 is offered the chance to see a
4. SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE ann r cleaner Trananariar Fortin Drs EUROPEAN UNION Invert Selection 2 It inverts the selection state of the nodes that belong to the sub tree of the selected nodes Select leaves 3 It selects all the leaves of the tree Select level 4 It selects all the nodes that have the same hierarchical level than currently selected node Select brothers 5 It selects all the brothers of the currently selected nodes Select sub tree 6 It selects all the nodes that belong to the sub trees of the actually selected nodes and it deselects the root node Select tree 7 It selects all the nodes that belong to the sub tree of the currently selected nodes Show criterion 8 It selects the objectives of the tree nodes with utility function Show criterion 9 It makes the selected criteria visible if they were hidden Hide criterion 10 It hides the selected criteria View sub tree 11 It makes the sub tree s criteria that belongs to the selected nodes visible Hide subtree 12 It hides the criteria that belong to the sub tree of the selected nodes Zoom out 13 It decreases the zoom level used for displaying the tree and the alternatives Zoom Normal 14 It shows the zoom level to the default level Zoom in 15 increases the zoom level used to display the tree and the alternatives Set working tree 16 Through this comma
5. EHO water Management sustainability Focus Selection m EXO EHO water EHO stretch os EHO stretch F ED EHL tree Events int 5 0 ina EL writer 1ahv13ty EE garde tr EFE qued B fiological Comminity B Macroberthos EFL 5 tretch 8 r EFL 5tretrh r 0 Fish Fauna EFL vua stretch B EFL Mua stretch amp E River B LI 1 Functionality EFL treteh F EFL Stretch_a F EFL rr EL Production F EL neray EFL Pradurtinn Cay CF Free mmek Hierarchical asirin i Water Harsana aires y Ue ar nn Fig 4 Selection on the tree 4 4 Documentation Opportunity It is possible to associate documentation to each object in the project Through documentation the user can enter a text useful for understanding all the operations that he is performing on a specific node of the decision tree The documentation of an object is set through the mask shown in Fig 5 10 EUROPE Tranararianal Coeperapien SEE SOUTH EAST 1 HydroPower Cay Funded EUROPEAN UNION File Tree Alternative Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Ch
6. Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict Usability m Environment Economy 100 20 Export data Export data Fig 27 Rank of alternatives pie chart The graph represents the overall performance of the selected alternatives calculated considering all criteria In this representation the radius represents the utility value while the angle represents the weight 4 13 3 Line Chart The representation given in this graph is dual to the one concerning the bar graph Fig 28 34 6 1 HydroPower EUROPE EE Tu Trananariaeal Coeperarion Programme Funes Ds EUROPEAN UNION File View Project Projects Manager History Windows P erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds 0 450 1 0 425 1 0 400 0 375 4 0 350 4 0 325 4 0 300 1 0 275 4 0 250 0 0 apoio 100 20 Rak a5050 0 175 4 0 150 0 125 4 0 225 1 0 100 1 0 075 4 0 050 4 0 025 4 0 000 3 Usability Environment Economy Energy Export data 10000003 Fig 28 Rank of alternatives line chart In this case the criteria are represen
7. e SOUTH EAST 1 HydroPower Transnational Cooperation Programme z r water clean energy D3 3 CUSTOMIZED INFORMATIC TOOL FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERING ALL USERS WORK PACKAGE 3 METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS FOR BETTER WATER amp HYDROPOWER Final Version 01 Date 31 08 2010 P C Brambilla P Girardi ERSE SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower P EUROPE ine SOR Prud uri Dry Dra EUROPEAN UNION INDEX UM lll 6m c 4 INT OS Z u 5 au 5 S SESAMO SE TUP 5 3 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS xs e 5 Oi STARTING THE PROGRAM un u a aasan asun asik asas 6 4 SESAMO USER MANUAL E dM RENDUM UE 6 4 T STARTING THE PROGRAM L 6 owe uuu u uuu y 6 4 3 USER INTERFACE STRUCTURE 7 4 3 1 Commands 8 OO Dus lt 9 4 4 DOCUMENTATION OPPORTUNIM Y Spi sex nhan Euer bord Sete m dM MUSS 10 4 5 EVALUATION TREE
8. erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict Z 2 2O2O020 x water Management Sustainability E Usability 9 Node with collapsed subtree ab Envi ronment 100 100 Ei epum D 100 20 LIM_Stretch_B EFL LIM stretch Node with exploded subtree 5050 Hy drologic Conditions EHL Extreme Events EHL EHL amin_A F amed B EHL amed Biological Communi ty EHL Macrobenthos Stretch B F Stretch_A Nodes with utility function Fish Fauna stretch B EFL wUA stretch A River Nature River Functionality stretch B EHO stretch A EHL Economy value of Production A Ee Power plant stretch B Power plant stretch Hidden nodes Energy Production A F Aggregated nodes Decision tree Fig 6 Description of the evaluation tree As you can see in Fig 6 the structure of the tree is very similar to the structure used in the tool Windows Explorer On the left side of each node there is a symbol that can explode or collapse the structure of a sub tree
9. stretch F River Nature River Functionality EHL stretch B F EHL stretch A EHL Economy value of Production A F Power plant stretch B Ee Power plant stretch EHL Eneray Production A F Creation utility function lt lt Back Water_Management_Sustainability Environment Water_Quality LIM_Stretch_B LIM 35 560 Choosing type of function for points single points piecewise linear Bell v Analytical Standard growing decreasing Forward gt gt Assign edit Function Fig 18 Creating a function Parametric Function Analytic function This category contains those functions that the user can compose using the basic functions of mathematical analysis OB s lt gt SOUTH EAST EUROPE Trananarianal Cooper aion Programme File Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows kh SEE Frig EUROPEAN UNION Tee s Es s Es s s QO s erse Manager 4 tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds EC EHC water Management Sustainability Usability Envi ronment water Quality EH S EFL stretch A EHD Hydrologic Conditions Extreme Events EHL amin B CF amin A EHC water Resource 1 EHL amed B EH amed
10. CF Biological Communi ty EHC Macrobenthos EHO stretch B EHL stretch A EHC Fish Fauna EHL wuA stretch B F wuA stretch A Ri ver Nature EHC River Functionality stretch B EHL stretch A Economy EHD value of Production Power plant stretc Power plant stretc Energy EHL Production A Creation utility function LIM 35 560 Choosing type of function for points m Parametric Bell Categories Variables Constants 5 09 Operators Algebraic sqrt abs round mod sin 2 cos tan Analytical Standard growing decreasing 475 0 560 0 Water Management Sustainability Environment Water_Quality LIM_Stretch_B Fig 19 Creating a function Analytic function In the form shown in Fig 19 the user can type the function directly in the field that he wants 3 or he can compose the function itself using the basic functions provided by the program These are organized in the categories shown in the lower left of the form 1 by selecting a category on the right side 2 the user will see a list of all the functions belonging to it By L Clicking on a feature or selecting it and pressing the Paste button it is added to the text field 3 After the insertion of the function thro
11. FIG 28 RANK OF ALTERNATIVES CHART cccecceccecceccecceceeeeeeeeecueceeceecuecuecuececuecuecaeceecesaesaesueeueeaeeaneaees 35 FIG 29 RANK OF THE ALTERNATIVES RADAR CHART 2 ceccecceeceeeeeceeceeeceecueceecueceeceecuecuecueceeceeaesaesaeeaeeaeeaeeaees 36 FIG 30 PANEL SENSITIVITY VECTORS RANK REVERSAL 2 scceccecceccecceccecceceececaeeaecaeeaeecueceesuecuecueeueeaeeneeass 37 31 SENSITIVITY PANEL VECTORS RANK REVERSAL REPLACEMENT OF THE WEIGHT VECTOR OF REFERENCE 38 FIG 32 SENSITIVITY PANEL ANALYSIS OF 39 FIG 33 SENSITIVITY PANEL ANALYSIS OF CHANGES EXAMPLE OF CHANGING THE WEIGHTS 40 FIG 84 SENSITIVITY PANEL STABILITY ANALYSIS 2 2ccccceceececceceeceeceeceeaececuecesaecuecueaesaeceecesaecueseeaeeaeseeaeeneseeaes 41 FIG 35 SENSITIVITY PANEL GRADIENT uuu 0 aI reset 42 SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower E AS ammi Tranarnaria 00 Bum lapar Ds EUROPEAN UNION 1 Preface The present work is an outcome of the project SEE HYDROPOWER targeted to improve water resource management for a growing renewable energy production in the frame of the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme co funded by the European Regional Development Fund www seehydropower eu The project is based on the European Directive o
12. Immediately after the criterion name information about some components of the state of that criterion is brackets the presence of A indicates that the node has been aggregated while the symbol F indicates that the node has been associated with a utility function The presence of a red A indicates that the aggregation concerns children whose structure has not yet been defined To make it convenient for the user to manage very complex trees the program provides a mechanism to hide certain parts of the tree Viewing or masking of the nodes are activated through the menu option Show hidden items in the View Menu as shown in Fig 7 12 Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE at Trananarional Coeperarion Programme Fip eTa EUROPEAN UNION Sesamo File Tree Alternative Select MYER Project Projects Manager History Windows Change Tree m KA Show Hidden Objects gi Selections Pe Se SUCI nen EH TS Es lt Plerse Manager _ tavo oomin moV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE User Manual jds Zoom Out Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggre bjectes Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict Expansion EHL water Management Sustainability Usability E EHL Environment Command ta show hide hidden objects a100b100 water Qua
13. function is defined only at the specified points and elsewhere it is not defined piecewise linear function the points that define the function are joined through segments Step function in the interval between two points the function takes the value of the left point Parametric function This type of functions is characterized by having a shape that depends on a small number of parameters In Fig 18 there is an example 24 SOUTH EAST EUROPE Trananarianal Cooperarion Programme SEE HydroPower clear water clean ETHET GV File Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Tee Pa Es Es Es Es Es QQ Ps 4 EC pereas Funded Dry Ps EUROPEAN UNION erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict EHD water Management Sustainability Usability Envi ronment water Quality LIM_Stretch_B EHO LIM stretch A F EHC Hy drologic Conditions Extreme Events EHD amin B CF EHD amin A CF water Resource Availability EHL amed B EH amed F EHL Biological Communi ty Macrobenthos EHL stretch B stretch Fish Fauna stretch B F
14. graphical representation of the values of evaluation matrix The values represented in the chart are those of the selected cells see Fig 11 1006100 100620 a5050 Water Mana 0 0 0 Usability 2 000 4 Tourism Landscape_ 1 750 Landscape_ 1 500 Stretch A 1 250 Stretch B 1 000 4 Angling e 4 e e e n3 n3 e 750 1 Environment 500 4 Water_Quality LIM_Stretch_B 250 LIM_Stretch_A 0 Hydrologic_ Usable Areas Extreme Ev Options min B 2100520 M a0bO 100 100 a5050 qmin_A Water_Reso B Water_Management_Sustainability Usability 4ngling Usable_Areas Fig 11 Graphical representation of the values Through this type of representation the user can change the zoom area of the values represented by holding down the left mouse button on a bar graph and dragging vertically In addition to the driven mechanism for zooming you can use two shortcuts Holding down the Shift key and making an L Click on a column the value is returned to its original value that is indicated by the gray column Pressing CTRL and L Click on a column the value is set to zero 4 7 1 Dictionaries and classifications The dictionaries and classifications are modules that allow you to associate numerical 18 kh SE
15. 20 5050 Water Mana Lisable Areas Environment Water Qualiby LIM Stretch B Stretch A Hydrologic_ Extreme Ev Water Reso qmed B Fig 21 Objectives Matrix The criteria and the alternatives represented in the objective matrix are those that have been selected in the tree panels A dash in an objective matrix cell represents the fact that no valid utility function has been associated to the correspondent criterion Since this is a matrix of values obtained through a calculation based on the evaluation matrix and utility functions it is not possible for the user to change the values here represented Again there is the possibility to display the values through a bar chart 4 11 Assigning weights In the Weights panel the user can assign weights to the criteria of the evaluation tree 298 kh SEE Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE E e disci Trananariaeal Cooperation Pregramimae v Dr pss EUROPEAN UNION mE File Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Tee Ee Es Ec Ee Es FH 8 8 Es 4 8 carulatingweights erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_ Manual jds m Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternat
16. CTION SETTING UP DOMAIN a a a raana 23 FIG 17 CREATING A FUNCTION PIECEWISE LINEAR FUNCTION 24 FIG 18 CREATING A FUNCTION PARAMETRIC 25 FIG 19 CREATING A FUNCTION ANALYTIC FUNCTION 26 FIG 20 CREATE A FUNCTION STANDARD FUNCTION a a aaa repere titre respire retient rns 27 FIG 21 OBJECTIVES WAR CR A A 4 28 FIG 22 PROCEDURE OF ENTERING WEIGHTS cecceccecceccecceceeeceeeaeceeeaeeaueceeceecuecuecuecuecuecuesuecesaeeaecuesuesaeenseaees 29 FIG 23 ASSIGNING HIERARCHICAL WEIGHTS ceccecceccecceccecceeceeeneeceeaeeceeceecueceeceecuecuecuecueceecuesaesaecueseesaeeaneaees 30 FIG 24 PANEL OF WEIGHTED OBJECTIVES MATRIX 31 FIG 25 RANKING OF ALTERNATIVES rere re rei 32 FIG 26 RANK OF ALTERNATIVES GRAPH ccccecceccecceccecceeceeeceeceecueceeceecuecuececuecueceesueeaesaesaesaeceesuesaseaees 33 FIG 27 RANK OF ALTERNATIVES PIE CHART cccecceccecceccecceeceeceecaeeaeeaueceeceecuecueceecuecuecuecaecueeesaesaeceeeeesaeeateaees 34
17. E Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE CE ed Trananariaeal Cooperation Programm Pry EUROPEAN UNION values to certain user specified strings to insert in the evaluation matrix qualitative values for criteria The difference between dictionaries and classifications is that while the former represents an association of 1 1 as a string is a numeric value the classifications associates a range of values to a qualitative value The assignment of a dictionary or a classification with a criterion occurs through the properties windows of the criterion itself Defining a dictionary The procedure for the definition of a dictionary is shown in Fig 12 File Tree Alternative Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Change Te gi m Alternative Ej d um Wb um Selections Tree Pe Be Ee Ee Es Es Es Es 9 LE erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Agaregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict EHL Water_Management Sustainability 0 Usal np i Properties Env a100b100 Name Stretch B 100 20 5050 Owner erse Dictionary Name Dictionary01 Grants DELETE Owner erse Type COMMON O Measurement Units Grants DELETE hange Territorial code criter
18. L stretch B F EHI stretch A Economy EHO value of Production A F Power plant stretch B Power plant stretch n Energy Production A 35 0 120 0 235 0 475 0 560 0 55 0 240 0 480 0 60 0 Assign edit Function Ed Water_Management_Sustainability Environment Water_Quality LIM_Stretch_B Fig 15 Utility Functions In the panel shown in Fig 15 the user can view the function assigned to the criterion selected in the right side of the screen 1 in the top there is a button to open the properties of the function 3 22 kh SEE PP sour EAST 1 EUROPE EL e Tu consi Trananariaeal Cooper aion Programme EUROPEAN UNION To assign a function to a new criterion or modify an already assigned one you need to click 2 This action activates a wizard that allows you step by step to set all the features of the function 4 9 1 Defining the name and the domain In the first step of the procedure for assigning the utility function shown in Fig 16 you define the function name 1 and the lower limit 2 and the upper one 3 of 15 domain et File Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Tee Pa Es Es Es Es Es O O Es 4 erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds di Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Ut
19. T a NN 10 FIG 5 DOCUMENTATION WINDOW nepote buts auti adn Peu Cade 11 FIG 6 DESCRIPTION OF THE EVALUATION TREE 02 seccecccsssersectcassersentcssersentoasseesentcassersensoassarsentoasersensesentes 12 SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower P EUROPE BOR FIG 7 SHOWING HIDDEN OBJECTS aaa arrsa retis trireretretriresire re reri rere 13 FIG 8 COMMANDS FOR BUILDING TREE AND ALTERNATIVES 14 FIG 9 COMMANDS FOR THE SELECTION OF CRITERIA AND ALTERNATIVES 0ccecceeceeceeceeceeececceececcuccuccuecuseaeeseaes 15 FiG 10 EVALUATION MATRIX ccoscacecsinatactaccemesanasinaaraasecns acaxsacsansustandsataacxeeneenataabenceneeccimancnaniawatddaenecsadensuaedeaciasents 17 FIG 11 GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE 9 18 PIG 12 CREATING A DICTIONARY a aa aaa aaa aaa 19 FIG 13 CREATING A CLASSIFICATION ccccccceccecceccecceccucceecuececaecaecaecaeeaueaueceecuecueceeceeceecuesueseeseesueseesueseesaeeateaees 20 FIG 14 CREATING AN AGGREGATION cccecceccecceccecceeceeceeceecueceecaecaeeaeeaeeseesueceecuecuecuecuecuesueseesuesueseeseeeueeaneaees 21 UTILITY FUNGTIONS uuu uu 1 u uu 22 FIG 16 CREATING FUN
20. TH EAST HydroPower EUROPE ne BOR Trananariae Co Freund ry Drs EUROPEAN UNION listed structures are equivalent and can perform all operations on the focused object 4 3 2 Selections The selection mechanism within the panels works similarly to other Windows applications The selections of the objects are performed by L Clicking on the items themselves This operation has the effect of 1 delete previous selections 2 select the object and give it the focus The object that holds the focus will be drawn with a red border while in general the selected objects have a blue background Unless otherwise noted in the description of individual panels to select multiple objects you can use the SHIFT CTRL L Click combination While holding down these buttons during the selection you will respectively select a range of values SHIFT or simply maintain the previous selections CTRL Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE G SS Trananariaeal Cooperation Propamma peret Dri EUROPEAN UNION Fie Tree Select View Project Projets Manager Halury Windes 7 Ts Ts Ts ts ts Es Te Ts A CREM E prse Manager lavolotecnico SER err Manual jds Tree Evaluation Ageregations Utility Functions Objectries Plabrix Wesghis weighted Objectives Alernebves Ranking Senstrot Cerfket
21. ame of the panel lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE 2 RAs Tranararianal Coeperapizen Programme Programma oo Randeed Dy Pt EUROPEAN UNION Sesamo File Tree Alternative Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Change Te gg m Alternative P d um Wb m Selection Tree Ee Es Es Es D 8 Es 4 sense m W 2 erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict Ek water Management Sustainability Usability EH Tourism 100 100 Angling Environment 5050 water Quality LIM Stretch B F LIM Stretch A F Hydrologic Extreme Event Add criteria qmin B F Delete criteria EHO amin_A EHL water Resource Cut 3 EHL amed_B mei 9 Biological Commu Macrobenthos EHL stretch B EHL Stretch A select level EHO Fish Fauna stretch WUA Stretch Select subtree River_Nature Select tree River_Functior Stretch B Set tree work 3tretch A Select brothers EHD Economy Show criteria Value of Product Hide criteria EHL Energy Show subtree Production riae subtree Documentation Water Manage
22. ange Te g 04 da cm mm Alternative P d um m Selections Tre Pe Es Es Es Es 8 8 Es 4 iG erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds SER Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objective Documentation water Management Sustainability i EHO Usability 1191 Tourism canoe kay ak Angling EHL Environment Type COMMON Owner erse EHL LIM stretch B Grants DELETE EHO stretch A EHC Hy drologic Conditions Extended Extreme Events EHL amin EHO _ water Resource Availability EHO amed B KUR ESE SERRSSSSIIPKETEISTIIYISEISES en EFL amed_A Tool Tip 8io1ogi cal Communi ty Macrobenthos EHO stretch B EH Stretch_A Related files EHO Fish_Fauna EHO wuA_stretch_B F wua_stretchA River Nature River Functionality EFL Stretch B EFL Stretch EHL Economy EHL value of Production Energy EHL Production F Water Management Sustainability Environment Water Qualiby Fig 5 Documentation window The mask for entering documentation provides users with different fields for a full description of this object 1 Extensive Documentation it contains the a
23. ch As regard deselecting a weight this can be carried out with a new L Click if the weight is in the group to be changed or a new R Click if the weight is in the group to keep fixed Once you have selected the weight to be changed highlighted in green as in 19 33 change their values is very simple You just have to drag up with the mouse L clicked to increase the weight or drag down to decrease the weight the green bars The other weights are calculated by the software so that the total amount remains constant of course the weights marked in red are left unchanged An example is illustrated in Fig 33 39 Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE Tranararianal Coeperapizen Pregramime rrr uh Funes Drs EUROPEAN UNION File View Project Projects Manager History Windows Fi erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix vectors of Rank Reversal Analysis of changes Stability Analysis Gradient Criteria Weights Usability 0 416 Environment 0 2 Economy 0 317 Energy 0 067 Alternatives Performances aobo 0482 1006100 0 572 a100b20 0 642 S S S a0b0 a100b100 a100b20 a5050 Fig 33 Sensitivity Panel Analysis of changes example of changing the weights No
24. ctual text of the document 2 Short Documentation it should include a brief summary of the extensive documentation 3 Tool Tip it contains a description of the object in a line appearing when the mouse passes over the object itself 4 Linked files a list of paths to files with a further description such as a map that represents the soil concentration of a particular pollutant References are added by typing the text in the field 1 and pressing the button 2 To delete a reference you must select it from the list and press the button 3 4 5 Evaluation tree representation The evaluation tree is present in many panels of the application and then in this section we give a brief initial description of the meaning of some of its aspects We will give a description of more specific aspects while describing each step of the MCA procedure Because of the tree structure in this manual the terms criterion and node are considered synonyms although the latter is used mainly when you talk about the structure of the evaluation tree 241s lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE asas Tranararianal Coeperapizen Pregramime Prey Funes Drs EUROPEAN UNION Sesamo Sees File Tree Alternative Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Change Te d wm m Alternative P dm um m Selections Tree Pe Es Es Es Es BBE 4 m W
25. dscape Quality Stretch B 1 ab Landscape Quality Stretch A 100 100 Stretch_A 100 20 Stretch_B 5050 Usable Areas LIM Stretch B Stretch qmin B qmin qmed B qmed Stretch B Stretch Stretch B Stretch Stretch B Stretch Value of Production 100620 5050 Production Water Management Sustainability Fig 35 Sensitivity Panel Gradient 5 References Hajkowicz S amp K Collins 2007 A Review of Multiple Criteria Analysis for Water Resource Planning and Management Water Resour Manage 21 pp 1553 1566 Keeney R L amp Raiffa 1993 Decisions with multiple objectives preferences and value tradeoffs Cambridge University Press Cambridge amp New York 569 pp 42 x SEE HydroPower k clear water clean energy www seehydropower eu Project Contact Ing Maximo Peviani maximo peviani rse web it Telephone 39 035 55771 switchboard Fax 39 035 5577999 Authors Contact Paola Cristina Brambilla Cristina Brambilla rse web it Telephone 39 02 3992 4616 Pierpaolo Girardi Pierpaolo Girardi rse web it Telephone 39 02 3992 4618
26. e COMMON Grants DELETE Name Low Lower limit Upper Limit 100 100 100 20 5050 Medium 296 667 i 393 333 Fig 13 Creating a classification To define a classification the program initially prompts you to insert the number of classes that are to be created from the values contained in the evaluation matrix Then it displays the form shown in Fig 13 which contains the definition of the required classes based upon the values of the criterion Intervals defined for a class are open for the lower limit and closed for the upper one As for dictionaries even for the definition of a classification the user can freely change the name class of values add or remove classes There cannot be two classes with the same name nor there can be overlapping among the intervals defining the classes 4 8 Creating aggregations The aggregations panel Fig 14 allows the creation of aggregations among the nodes of the evaluation tree 20 Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE e EUREN Tranararianal Coeoperapon Pr egramime ierra Cate Funded Pa EUROPEAN UNION File Edit Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Tee Ds Es Es Es Es D Es 9 erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Function
27. ed criteria Fig 26 265 kh SEE Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE rw clean ereroy Trananarianal Cooperation Programma CoD Farid ry Dui Progr EUROPEAN UNION ak tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict B Usability 8 Environment E Economy Energy a100b100 a100b20 Export data JB100b 8100620 8080 Enviro 0 074 0 145 0 11 0 104 Economy 0 453 0 041 0 307 0 284 Energy 0 246 0 004 0 158 0 149 10000003 Fig 26 Rank of alternatives Bar graph Export data Since aS mentioned above the table on the right shows the overall performances of the alternatives in general the value represented in the chart will be different from that shown in the table The main purpose of this kind of representation is to highlight which of the selected criteria gives the biggest contribution to the final result 33 Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE Ee Trananariaeal Programme peer Cay Funded Dry EUROPEAN UNION 4 13 2 Pie chart This type of graph is shown in Fig 27 DEK Fie View Project Projects Manager History Windows erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds BER Tree
28. ed in the clipboard to the project 4 6 3 Selection Commands For a description of the selection commands refer to Fig 9 File Tree Alternative Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Change Tree p BEE P Alternative Cj ki d Cw Selections Tree Es Ps Es Es Ps Ec Es Ee Es Alternative i B erse Manager L D 3 My j j Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict II o o EHD water Management Sustainability Usability Environment EHD water Quality EHL LIM stretch B F EHO stretch A 1045050 Hy drologic Conditions Extreme Events EHO amin B EHL amin CF water Resource amp vailability EHL amed F EHL amed CF EHC Biological Communi ty Macrobenthos EHL stretch B F EHL stretch F Fish Fauna EHL wUA stretch B F wUA stretch River Nature River Functionality EH stretch B stretch A Economy EH value of Production A F amp Power plant stretch B Power plant stretch A Energy Production A F Water Management Sustainability Usability Fig 9 Commands for the selection of criteria and alternatives Delete selections 1 It deletes all the active selections on the tree
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30. effect of these changes on the ranking of the alternatives 38 Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE Pe 5 Trananarianal Caoeoperabon Program Cay Buru es Dry pa EUROPEAN UNION Sesamo File View Project Projects Manager History Windows erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE HP 45 Usability Environment Economy Energy Alternatives Performances S al00b100 a100b20 85060 l S S lt a100b20 Water_Management_Sustainability Energy Fig 32 Sensitivity Panel Analysis of changes The weights vector initially equal to that given during the assigning weights step is represented both graphically 1 and numerically 3 The graph 2 shows the performance of alternatives with the contribution of each criterion and the table 4 shows the performance of alternatives in terms of numbers The winning alternatives are highlighted in yellow Using the buttons on the upper left 5 you can zoom in zoom out horizontally the two graphs On the chart 1 you can change the weights both individually and in groups with drag and drop with the mouse You select the weights to be modified which appear highlighted in green with a L Click on each but you can select a group of weights to maintain fixed which appear highlighted in red by a R Click on ea
31. ent Water_Quality Fig 23 Assigning hierarchical weights In the example represented above the user chooses the criterion Water_Quality and on the right the tool automatically shows its children The criteria were assigned their coefficients of relative importance 4 12 Weighted Objectives Matrix In this type of representation you can see the value of each objective multiplied by the weight that you have previously assigned 30 6 1 HydroPower EUROPE Ne 5 once es Trananariaeal Cooperarion Programme peret Cay Funded EUROPEAN UNION Sesamo File View Project Projects Manager History Windows B erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 DAPDJecieSES AMO SEE HP User Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights a0b0 100 100 a100b20 a5050 Water Mana Tourism Landscape 0 0 018 0 018 0 018 Landscape_ 0 006 0 01 00 009 Stretch_4 Stretch_B Angling Usable_Areas 0 001 Environment LIM_Stretch_B 0 007 0 014 0 007 coi O11 LIM Stretch A 0 008 0 01 0 01 Hydrologic_ qmin B 0 009 0 017 0 015 0 013 qmin 000 0 012 0 012 0 007 Water Reso qmed 0 003 0 008 0 004 0 006 Decision tree Fig 24 Panel of weighted objectives matrix In the table shown in the panel at the parents node you ll see a da
32. equirements Minimum Hardware Recommended Pentium IV 2 4 GHz or equivalent 512 MByte RAM Software OS Windows 98 2000 XP Platform Java Runtime Environment 1 6 or forward 1 6 0 03 The JRE is downloadable for free from the website http www java com it download index jsp Trananari lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower m e opa SEE 3 2 Starting the Program To launch the application double click on batch file Dss bat Note that for the proper execution of the application it is required that the Java Runtime Environment is properly installed on the computer If the software doesn t start probably the path to the Java software is not correctly defined In this case run the batch file DssEsteso bat which contains the absolute path for the Java program This allows the Java software to run and the SESAMO application to start 4 SESAMO User manual The SESAMO program operates on projects A project is an independent entity that contains all the data and structures that are related to the description of a decision making process applied to a specific problem Each project is stored in a single file that can reside anywhere on the hard disk of the user s machine Within the program projects are managed through a Multiple Document Interface in which each project is opened and maintained in a dedicated window 4 1 Starting the program SESAMO is started by launching the batch pr
33. er ER SEE 2 Introduction SESAMO is a Decision Support System based on the methodology of Multi Criteria Analysis MCA This manual assumes that you are already familiar with this type of methodology and general concepts relating to decision making processes For a general introduction on the topic see e g Keeney amp 1993 while for a review of applications to water resource planning and management see Hajkowicz amp Collins 2007 The program deals with the MCA and allows the user to manipulate in a graphical way all the objects of the MCA itself including for example Criteria and alternatives utility functions weights This tool allows you to get the final ranking of the alternatives and to analyze the composition of the results This report describes the software and the procedure that allows creating decision project Below a list of abbreviations is given that will be used hereafter Click A single click with the left mouse button R Click A single click with the right mouse button 2l Click double click the left mouse button 3 SESAMO SetUp The SESAMO setup consists of a compressed self exploding archive By starting the executable file an input form appears that shows the installation path of SESAMO A SESAMO folder will be created by the installation procedure generating some files and some sub folders including the Project folder 3 1 System R
34. erent way of creation The list of types available for both categories is shown in Fig 14 in the list 2 Children aggregations This category includes all the aggregations that are applied to the children of a destination node and are independent of the number of children that are going to be aggregated For example the average operation is independent of the number of children whatever it is the program will always be able to follow the definition of aggregation by averaging the values of children of the destination node To create aggregations of this type simply select the criterion target the aggregation type from the list 2 and assign the aggregation through the button 3 Free aggregations The term free aggregations means an aggregation that unlike the previous one is tied to the tree structure In this category of aggregations you have to select all source nodes which are object of the aggregation and thus if the tree is modified at a later time such as removing certain criteria there is the possibility that the aggregation defined above is no longer valid An example of this type of aggregation is shown in Fig 14 namely weighted average In 24 lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE 2 Tranararianal Coeperapizen Programme Fraga De Funes Drs EUROPEAN UNION the form that is presented here in fact the user must assign a weight to each of the sources
35. f function that he wants to create The program provides four main categories of functions for points parametric analytical standard lt gt SOUTH EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE e ME Tranararianal Coeperapizen Pregramime Funes Dra EUROPEAN UNION B Sesamo New Release File Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Tre Es Ts Ts Te Ts Ts Ts HH OD 4 CMM E C chetan tree me Ri ver Conservation EHO Hy dromorphological Quality Iv EHO Hydrological Regime A F 0 999 2 825 EHO River Continuity F Morphological Condition A EHI of Freedom Biological Quality EHO Benthic Macroinvertebrates F EHL Aquatic_Flora EHD Phytobenthos Di atoms F EHL Macrophyte F r iind ir I piecewise linear EHO Physical_Chemical_Quality F Q step HP Production single points Parametric Bell Analytical Standard Assign edit Function Chalamy_Tree River_Conservation Biological_Quality Riparian_Yegetation Fig 17 Creating a function piecewise linear function Functions for points This category includes all functions that can be built by defining the coordinates of the points that compose it The subtypes of the functions for points differ in behaviour between a point and another single points function the
36. ication EE 2 S Utility Function lt lt Aggregation 475 0 560 0 430 0 Water_Management_Sustainabiltyfenvironmentyyater Quality UI Fig 20 Create a function Standard Function In many cases the decision maker has no clear idea of the form that the utility function should have for a particular criterion but he only knows that its performance is increasing e g in the case of income or decreasing e g in the case of the concentration of a pollutant This type of function gives the user a quick way to resolve the situation without force him to define a function through points 4 10 Control the objectives matrix The objectives matrix panel Fig 21 is very similar to the evaluation matrix panel but in this case the cell contains the values that the criteria assume after the application of the utility functions For this reason all the values contained in the objective matrix vary between zero and one 275 SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE Trananarianal Coeperarion Programme Foren Dry EUROPEAN UNION File View Project Projects Manager History Windows B erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict a b 100 100 100
37. ility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict BH Mater Hanagenent Sustainabi Tity Usability Environment LIM EHC water Quality 35 560 LIM Stretch B F 1 0 EHC stretch EHE Hydro1ogi E Extreme Eve EHL amine 3504560 Choice criterion interval EHO amin A LIM water Reso B CP Lower limit amed 2 EHL Biological Current Macrobentho EHO stretch p suggested Stretch D Upper Limit EHO wa stre Current River Nature EH idein E suggested EHO stretch EHL Economy 35 0 120 0 235 0 475 0 560 0 4 value of Prod 55 0 240 0 480 0 Er Power pla E Power pla Production A 235 0 475 0 560 0 240 0 480 0 60 0 Assign edit Function Water_Management_Sustainability Environment Water_Quality LIM_Stretch_B Fig 16 Creating a function Setting up domain Pressing the Set button 4 all changes are made effective and the new limits are represented on the chart at the left side of the window Pressing the button Next takes you to the next step 4 9 2 Defining the function type In this second step Fig 17 the user must choose the type o
38. ion Territorial code complete Name Low Colour Modify Medium Dictionary Modify Classification very High Modify Utility Function i Modify Aggregation Modify Fig 12 Creating a dictionary The form defining a default dictionary takes all the values of the criterion in the evaluation matrix and generates as many entries as these values associating them with a conventional name that is the position occupied within the same dictionary The user 15 free to change the string associated with a value add a few words or remove them The only rule to be observed is that there are not two words equal Defining a classification The procedure for defining a classification is shown in 19 lt gt SOUTH EAST EUROPE Transnarianal Cooperation Programme p SEE HydroPower EUROPEAN UNI ON File Tree Alternative Select Project Projects Manager History Windows Change Bi ki dg Alternative 9 Tee Es Es s Es Es bs ODO Es 5 z EC tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_ 5 195 Selections Alternative h B erse Manager Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict PS Name Classification01 Owner erse Typ
39. is command have a default name that matches the name of the father followed by a growing number Delete node 2 It deletes the selected nodes from the tree Cut Node 3 It cuts the selected nodes and copy them to clipboard The cut nodes retain the hierarchical structure of their sub tree Copy node 4 It copies the selected nodes to the clipboard The copied nodes retain the hierarchical structure of their sub tree Paste sub tree 5 It adds the nodes contained in the clipboard to the selected nodes All the nodes contained in the clipboard will be added as children to the selected nodes thus the nodes will become brothers independently of their initial position within the tree Paste node 6 It adds the nodes contained in the clipboard to the selected nodes Unlike what happens with the Paste sub tree command in this case the nodes are added removing the hierarchical structure of their sub tree 14 6 1 HydroPower EUROPE ae Tranararianal Coeperapizen Programme Fip Funes Drs EUROPEAN UNION Add alternative 7 It adds an alternative to the list of the project alternative Delete alternative 8 It deletes the selected alternatives by the project Cut alternative 9 It cuts the selected alternatives and copy them to the clipboard Copy Alternate 10 It copies the selected alternatives to the clipboard Paste Alternative 11 It adds the alternatives contain
40. ives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict Water_Management_Sustainabi lity Coefficients Normalized GHC usability Envi ronment sability 0 05 0 05 s Environment 02 oz LIM stretch B F nvironment 0 2 0 2 EHC LIM stretch A 0 5 0 5 EHD Hy drologic Conditions EHL Extreme Events 0 25 0 25 EHO amin EHL amin A CF water Resource amp vailability EHL amed B EHO A Biological Community Macrobenthos EHL stretch B EHL stretch A CF Fish Fauna EHD wuA stretch B wuA stretch A F River Nature River Functionality EHL stretch B EHC stretch A E L Economy value of Production A F Energy Production A F Free assignment Hierarchical assignment Water Management Sustainability 2 e Fig 22 Procedure of entering weights In Fig 22 through commands 1 you can view the graphical representation of the vector of weights The weights can be assigned in two ways 2 and 3 1 Free assignment the user selects on the tree criteria and assigns a weight to them directly as shown in Fig 22 The numbers must be included in the column Weights 2 Hierarchical assignment in this mode the user does not directly determine the weights of the criteria but give each criterion a coefficient of relative importance the assignmen
41. listed If any of the criteria is lacking source as a result of a change in the structure of the tree aggregation is no longer valid In this case you could see a red A to indicate that the aggregation concerns children whose structure has been modified To create a free aggregation you must follow these steps select the target criterion to which the result of the aggregation will be assigned set the checkbox Block Criterion select the source criteria select the type of aggregation to be applied set the parameters the form that is shown 4 9 Assign utility functions In the Utility Functions panel shown in Fig 15 the user has the ability to assign Utility Functions to the criteria for a evaluation tree File Tree Select Project Projects Manager History Windows s s Es Es Es Es OQ Ds 5 z E erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Usability EHL Environment LIM water Quality 35 560 E 5 EHO LIM stretch A Hy drologi c Conditions Extreme Events EHO CF amin CF EHL water Resource Availability EHL amed B EHC amed Biological Communi ty EHL Macrobenthos EHL stretch B EHI stretch Fish Fauna EHO wuA stretch B F EFL wUA stretch River Nature River Functionality EH
42. lity 4100620 EHL LIM stretch B F EHO LIM Stretch A 5050 EHC Hy drologic Conditions Extreme_Events EHL amin B EHL amin water Resource Availability EHL amed amed A CF Biological Communi ty Macrobenthos EHL Stretch_B stretch A Fish Fauna EHL wUA stretch B F EFL wuA stretch River Nature River Functionality Stretch B EHL stretch A Economy value of Production F Power plant stretch Power plant stretch A Energy Production Decision tree Fig 7 Showing Hidden objects 4 6 Construction of the project This section describes in detail all the steps that you must follow to build an evaluation process since the editing of criteria and alternatives up to the ranking of the same alternatives according to their performances and to an examination of the parameters that influenced the results through sensitivity analysis 4 6 1 Construction of evaluation tree and project alternatives The tree panel allows the construction of the evaluation tree and the entering of project alternatives In this panel there are two types of commands those for changing criteria tree and all the alternatives and those that allow you to make short selections on these structures 4 6 2 Construction and editing commands For a desc
43. ls appears that can be opened in the same way as the main panel and allows studying the sensitivity in four different ways Any changes to the vector of weights assigned by the decision makers within these panels have no effect outside of the panel 4 14 1 Analysis of Rank Reversal The Rank Reversal Vectors panel Fig 30 identifies if any the vectors of weights that change the ranking of the performances achieved by the alternatives 36 SEE SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE SEA e Tranararianal Coeperar Prograrrens funded by ps EUROPEAN UNION B Sesamo Fie View Project Projects Manager History Windows erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Vectors of Rank Reversal Analysis of changes Stability Analysis Gradient Winning alternative ab Restore original values weights maker vectors of rank reversal Criteria Weights a100b100 a100b20 Landscape Quality 5t 0 02 0 088 Landscape_Quality St 0 01 0 04 Stretch_A 0 004 0 08 Stretch_B 0 001 0 077 Usable Areas 0 015 0 087 LIM_Stretch_B 0 014 0 054 LIM_Stretch_A 0 01 0 023 gmin_B 0 019 0 05 qmin 0 013 0 074 qmed B 0 009 0 048 qmed 00 0 038 Distances 100 100 100 20 Water_Managemen
44. ment Sustainability En it Properties ditions 4 Fig 3 Interface design evaluation tree The user interfaces of the panels have some common characteristics that affect the selection mechanism the presence of menu 1 toolbars 2 and context menus 3 at the bottom of the window there is a status bar 4 that contains a description of the object that currently you are focused on In other words in the status bar it is possible to read the path that leads to the primary receiver of all actions carried out through menu items or commands in the toolbars 4 3 1 Commands Redundancy All the operations available for an object within a panel are usable through three types of structure 1 Menu bar in the main menu bar specific items are available related to the panel in which the user is operating Some of these items are also represented by commands for the management of open projects within the program 2 Toolbar in the toolbars commands are available for the current panel in the form of buttons with an icon representative of their functionality Moreover stopping for a moment the mouse over a button you will see a short text description of its function 3 Contextual menu by R Clicking on an object it will appear a contextual menu containing all operations that can be applied to the selected object Except for some cases that will be highlighted in the description of specific panels the three 8 SEE lt gt SOU
45. n the promotion of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources respect to the Kyoto protocol targets that aims to establish an overall binding target of 20 share of renewable energy sources in energy consumption to be achieved by each Member State as well as binding national targets by 2020 in line with the overall EU target of 20 Objectives of the SEE HYDROPOWER deal with the promotion of hydro energy production in SEE countries by the optimization of water resource exploitation in a compatible way with other water users following environmental friendly approaches Therefore it gives a strong contribution to the integration between the Water Frame and the RES e Directives Main activities of the project concerns the definition of policies methodologies and tools for a better water amp hydropower planning and management the establishment of common criteria for preserving water bodies to assess strategies to improve hydropower implementation such as small hydropower testing studies in pilot catchments of partner countries promotion and dissemination of project outcomes among target groups all over the SEE Region countries In particular here is presented the report 3 3 Customized informatics tool for hydropower water resource management taking into account all users which is part of the Work Package 3 Methodologies and tools for better water amp hydropower planning and management Trananarik lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPow
46. nd the user can choose to see only a portion of a evaluation tree later on the working tree The focused node is chosen as the root of the working tree Show working tree 17 If a working tree has been set this command allows you to switch between viewing the whole tree and viewing the working tree See all nodes in the tree 18 SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE x e Trananariaeal Coopers r gramme Progrsememe coe hne by pa EUROPEAN UNION lf a working tree has been set this command allows you to switch between viewing the working tree and viewing the whole tree Collapse Explode tree 19 It collapses C explodes E all the nodes of the tree Alternative View 20 It makes the selected alternative visible if it was hidden Hide alternative 21 It hides the selected alternatives 4 7 Entering data in the evaluation matrix The evaluation matrix panel contains the visualization of the evaluation matrix If a selection is active in this panel you will see only the criteria and alternatives selected in the tree panel In this way the user can work only on a subset of criteria and alternatives that he can handle more easily than the complex matrix which can contain many rows and columns The evaluation matrix panel is shown in Fig 10 File View Project Projects Manager History Windows 123 mew tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_ 5
47. ogram Dss bat that is located inside the Installation folder After a few moments the user is shown the form for entering the string for login and password User Login 14 Password Fig 1 Authentication form 4 2 Creating a project For creating a new project you will choose New Project from the Project Manager Menu You will be asked the name of the new project and the storage location path on the disk The proposed path is the default Projects folder within the installation directory of the program gt k SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST 1 EUROPE Beso Trananarianal Cooperation Sesamo New Release File Projects Manager History Windows Sesamo Choose the location of the project Progr 00 P EUROPEAN UNION Salvain Projects v fee D svn Documenti recenti Risorse del computer Nome file Risorse direte g Tipo Project Fig 2 Choosing the name and location to save a new project After entering the name of the new project the program creates a skeleton of empty project From now on it is possible to organize the evaluation criteria in a hierarchical structure called the evaluation tree 4 3 User Interface Structure All the stages of an evaluation process are reproduced in the program by means of panels which can be opened simply by L clicking on the n
48. ription of construction and edit commands refer to Fig 8 lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE A Tranararianal Coeperapizen Programme Prograenenae oo Rande d Dy Pe EUROPEAN UNION File Tree Alterz2 Projects Change Tree 010 Oe Alternative COW Selections Ee Ee Ee Es Es Es 8 8 4 BE B erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE HP _User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict water Management Sustainability Usability Environment Water_Quality LIM_Stretch_B F LIM_Stretch_A F L 5050 Hydrologic_Conditions Extreme_Events qmin qmin Water_Resource_Avai lability qmed B qmed A F Biological Communi ty Macrobenthos Stretch B F EHL stretch A F Fish Fauna EHL wUA stretch B F EHO stretch A River Nature River Functionality Stretch B F Stretch A F EHL Economy value of Production A Ee Power plant stretch B Ee Power plant stretch Energy Production A F Water Management Sustainability LIsabiliby Fig 8 Commands for building tree and alternatives Add node 1 For each selected node it adds a new child node The nodes added with th
49. s Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict water Management Sustainability Children Aggregation Usability Envi ronment Free Aggregation water Quality TEAN EHO LIM Stretch B F Destination Criterion EHO LIM stretch A Value of Production Hy drologic Conditions Hold Criterion 1 Extreme Events EHL amin_B CF tion List ggregation Lis E Aggregation EHD water Resource amp vailability EHL amed EHI amed_A Mame Weighted average Biological_Community 4 Ra EHL stretch B F eig ited average Fish Fauna stretch B Grants DELETE wUA stretch A 2 River Nature Criterion Name EHL River Functionality h EHL stretch B F Power plant stretch B Stretch A Power plant stretch Economy EHL Production A F 3 Assign Aggregation Water_Management_Sustainability Economy alue_of_Production _Power_plant_stretch_4 Fig 14 Creating an aggregation Creating an aggregation allows you to assign a criterion criterion of destination the value resulting from an operation of aggregation of values given by other criteria criteria source Aggregations are divided into two categories 1 called the Children Aggregations and Free Aggregations that have slightly diff
50. sable Areas delta 4 LIM Stretch B delta 5 Stretch delta 6 qmin_B delta 7 qmin_A delta 8 qmed_B delta 9 qmed_A delta 10 Stretch_B delta 11 Stretch_A delta 12 WLIA Stretch B delta 13 Stretch delta 14 Stretch B delta 15 Stretch delta 16 Value of Production B delta 17 Production delta 18 0 188 0 423 0 169 Te pte pe Water_Management_Sustainability Fig 34 Sensitivity Panel Stability Analysis 4 14 4 Gradient The Gradient panel Fig 35 allows you to see how the value of an objective varies by changing its weight You have to select the objective in the left table and you will see in the right chart for each alternative coloured lines the variation of the objective value ordinate with varying the associated weight abscissa In this way you can figure out what is the weight for that objectives that changes the ranking of alternatives 41 6 1 HydroPower EUROPE d demon Trananariaeal Cooperation Programme EA ere Funded EUROPEAN UNION Fi erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Criteria Alternative Lan
51. sh instead of the final value weighted sum of objectives 4 13 Creating the rank of alternatives Fig 25 shows the Alternatives Ranking panel which displays the evaluation results or the ranking of the performance of the alternatives both in tabular and in graphical form SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE Fananarianal Cooperanen Pregramme et i J T t Projects Manager History Windows Fi erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict Export data Water Management Sustainability Energy Fig 25 Ranking of alternatives In the toolbar there are commands for four types of graphical representation of the results barchart 1 line chart 2 radar chart 3 pie chart 4 Besides these there are also available buttons for zoom control of the graphics zoom is active only in the bar graph and in the line one While in the table of the ranking there are represented performances of all the alternatives graphics contain only a representation of the criteria and alternatives which are selected 4 13 1 Bar Graph Each alternative is represented by a column bar whose value is the sum of the contributions of the select
52. t is done in a group for all sons of selected node as shown in Fig 23 29 gt SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST 1 HydroPower ES Trananariaeal Cooper bon Programme Frig iire Ps EUROPEAN UNION File Tree Select Project Projects Manager History Windows Tee Ea Eg Es Es Es EB BBE 9 7 E Calculating weighs LE erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict water Management Sustainability Coefficients Normalized Co Usability Envi ronment IM_Stretch_B 0 588 0 588 EE qu Stretch B F IM Stretch A 0 412 0 412 EFL LIM stretch Hy drologic Conditions EHL Extreme Events EHO amin CF EHD amin CF water Resource Availability EHO amed amed Biological Communi ty EHC Macrobenthos EHL stretch B F EHL stretch Fish Fauna wuA stretch F EHD stretch River Nature River Functionality EHL stretch B EHL stretch Economy value of Production A CF Energy Production A F Free assignment Hierarchical assignment Water_Management_Sustainability Environm
53. t_Sustainability Fig 30 Panel Sensitivity Vectors Rank Reversal The table in Fig 30 1 shows the selected criteria and initially the weights assigned to criteria by the decision maker Controls 2 display and allow you to select one of the winning alternatives given the weight vector 1 The table 3 consists of many columns as the number of the selected alternatives except for the winning alternative Each column represents a vector of weights with the following properties jt makes the alternative corresponding to this vector and the winning alternative 2 equivalent with each other thas the same Euclidean norm of the vector 1 among all vectors satisfying the first two properties it is the closest in terms of Euclidean distance to the vector 1 Note that each of these vectors exists and is unique unless the corresponding alternative is dominated by the winning one 2 In this case each cell of the vector contains a hyphen Among all vectors calculated the one highlighted in green is the closest to the vector 1 Button 4 can restore in the table 1 the values of weights that the decision maker has assigned before starting the sensitivity analysis A lt shift gt L Click on a column of the table 2 brings up a dialog box Fig 31 207 k SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE P e CRATE Trananarianal Cooperation Programme PENER eee N Pm ened ra
54. te that overlapped to the modified values of weights it is possible to see also the starting values of each bar darker bars if the starting value was lower than the final one or coloured in gray if the starting value was higher than the final one All the changes affect only the weights inside the panel on the analysis of variations you will not have any disruption of the weights assigned by decision makers in the dedicated step of the process 4 14 3 Stability Analysis Stability analysis panel Fig 34 enables to assess the minimum amount of changes in individual weights that disturbs the ranking of alternatives generated by the weight vector being introduced in the assigning weights step 40 SOUTH EAST f HydroPower EUROPE Pe 4 Trananarianal Cooperation e Fund Dry pss EUROPEAN UNION B Sesamo SEE File Project Projects Manager History Windows LE erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Vectors of Rank Reversal Analysis of changes Stability Analysis Gradient Criteria Weights a100b100 Landscape Quality Stretch B 0 02 delta 0 Landscape Quality Stretch A 0 01 delta 1 Stretch_4 0 004 delta 2 Stretch_B 0 001 delta 3 U
55. ted in the abscissa while the ordinate shows the objective value of the same The main purpose of this type of representation is to demonstrate the behaviour of selected alternatives against criteria This way you will have an immediate perception of what criterion contributes most to the difference between the performances of alternatives 4 13 4 Radar Chart This type of representation is conceptually very similar to that offered by the line chart in the previous section Fig 29 95 SEE lt gt SOUTH EAST HydroPower EUROPE x soper AT Trananariaeal Coopers ramum Fund rs EUROPEAN UNION File View Project Projects Manager History Windows E erse Manager tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Energy o L A 03 84 ey Economy Environment 10000003 Fig 29 Rank of the alternatives radar chart In this case however you have better perception of the extent of dominance between alternatives 4 14 Sensitivity analysis The sensitivity panel allows you to develop the sensitivity analysis in relation to the criteria and alternatives selected in the panel of the tree In other words in this panel it is possible to analyse how robust the ranking of the alternatives is in relation to the given vector of weights By clicking on the name of the panel a series of four pane
56. ugh the Verify button you can check the syntactic correctness of the function itself in case there are no errors you will receive a verification success otherwise you will be notified of any errors Standard function The term standard function indicates an ascending or descending linear function of the type shown in Fig 20 26 mM SEE Qus EAST 1 HydroPower EUROPE Trananariaeal Cooper bon Programme Ps EUROPEAN UNION File Tree Select View Project Projects Manager History Windows Tee Pa Es Es Es s QOO Es Ds amp LE erse Manager _ tavolotecnico D Dss SesamoV6 02 Projects SESAMO_SEE_HP_User_Manual jds Tree Evaluation Matrix Aggregations Utility Functions Objectives Matrix Weights Weighted Objectives Matrix Alternatives Ranking Sensitivity Conflict SLI water Hanagement_Surtainabi ity Usability EHC Env ME M Properties Choosing type of function For points Grants DELETE single oints piecewise linear Measurement Units Parametric I Territorial code crit v Analytical Territorial code co Colour Dictionary 2 growing Classif
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