1987 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 103-114
Ambient air monitoring stations are allocated in consideration of source situations, meteorological conditions and terrain. However, as the criterion of the assessment for the allocation of stations has never established, it is an urgent problem to develop the method which can assess quantitatively the allocation.
The purpose of this study is to assess the allocation of stations comprehensively and quantitatively by applying multiattribute utility function method.
First, the structure model of the criteria is defined in order to assess the allocation of stations not only from the technical point of view but also from the economic point of view.
Secondly, interview examinations are enforced for the researchers and the officers who are working in air pol-lution field, then individual value systems are clarified, and individual multiattribute utility functions is derived.
Thirdly, the allocations of ambient air monitoring stations are assessed quantitatively based on the derived multiattribute utility function.
As the result of this approach, it has been confirmed that the value systems between the researchers and the officers are different and the allocation of stations can assess comprehensively and quantitatively.
