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Carlos A. Bana e Costa

Carlos A. Bana e Costa

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Business and Management

D-Index
35
Citations
7203
World Ranking
2174
National Ranking
16

Overview

Carlos A. Bana e Costa is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance with a focus on several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and General Decision Sciences.

The scientist has frequently published in a variety of academic venues. These include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • International Transactions in Operational Research

The body of work by Carlos A. Bana e Costa covers several main research topics. These are:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

They have coauthored numerous research publications with other scholars, frequent collaborators including:

  • Mónica Duarte Oliveira
  • Panos Kanavos
  • Aris Angelis
  • Klára Dimitrovová
  • Ana Vieira

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Carlos A. Bana e Costa include:

  • "Collaborative development of composite indices from qualitative value judgements: The EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index model," 2022, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Desirability-doability group judgment framework for the collaborative multicriteria evaluation of public policies," 2023, International Transactions in Operational Research

Additional relevant publications linked to the same research group include:

  • "Which value aspects are relevant for the evaluation of medical devices? Exploring stakeholders' views through a Web-Delphi process," 2023, BMC Health Services Research
  • "Advancing knowledge and MCDA tools to assist HTA agencies in evaluating medicines on a common basis," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Results of the Web-Delphi process to INAMI stakeholders (three rounds)," 2021, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Best Publications

  • MACBETH — An Interactive Path Towards the Construction of Cardinal Value Functions

    Carlos A Bana E Costa;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • Readings in Multiple Criteria Decision Aid

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa

  • Decision Support Systems in action: Integrated application in a multicriteria decision aid process

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Leonardo Ensslin;Émerson C. Cornêa;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • Transparent prioritisation, budgeting and resource allocation with multi-criteria decision analysis and decision conferencing

    Lawrence D. Phillips;Carlos A. Bana e Costa

  • A critical analysis of the eigenvalue method used to derive priorities in AHP

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Jean-Claude Vansnick

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  • Applications of the MACBETH Approach in the Framework of an Additive Aggregation Model

    Carlos A. Bana E Costa;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • A career choice problem: An example of how to use MACBETH to build a quantitative value model based on qualitative value judgments

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Manuel P. Chagas

  • The MACBETH Approach: Basic Ideas, Software, and an Application

    Carlos A. Bana E Costa;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • On the mathematical foundations of MACBETH

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Jean-Marie de Corte;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • Facilitating bid evaluation in public call for tenders: a socio-technical approach

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Émerson C. Corrêa;Jean-Marie De Corte;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • On the Mathematical Foundation of MACBETH

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Jean-Marie De Corte;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • Multicriteria decision analysis: Some thoughts based on the tutorial and discussion sessions of the ESIGMA meetings

    Carlos A. Bana E Costa;Theodor J. Stewart;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • A multicriteria decision analysis model for faculty evaluation

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Mónica D. Oliveira

  • Multicriteria Evaluation of flood control measures: The case of ribeira do Livramento

    Carlos A. Bana E. Costa;Paula Antao D. A. Silva;Francisco Nunes Correia

  • A Theoretical Framework for Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique (MACBETH)

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Jean-Claude Vansnick

  • Prioritization of bridges and tunnels in earthquake risk mitigation using multicriteria decision analysis: Application to Lisbon

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Carlos A. Bana e Costa;Carlos S. Oliveira;Victor Vieira

  • The use of multi‐criteria decision analysis to support the search for less conflicting policy options in a multi‐actor context: case study

    Carlos A. Bana E Costa;Carlos A. Bana E Costa

  • A multicriteria decision aid methodology to deal with conflicting situations on the weights

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa

  • Assigning priorities for maintenance, repair and refurbishment in managing a municipal housing stock

    Carlos A Bana e Costa;Rui Carvalho Oliveira

  • A multi-criteria model for auditing a Predictive Maintenance Programme

    Carlos A. Bana e Costa;María Carmen Carnero;María Carmen Carnero;Mónica Duarte Oliveira

Frequent Co-Authors

Carme Borrell
Carme Borrell Pompeu Fabra University
José Rui Figueira
José Rui Figueira Instituto Superior Técnico
Bernard De Baets
Bernard De Baets Ghent University
Theodor J. Stewart
Theodor J. Stewart University of Cape Town

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