9/13/2010 Colloquium - Jozo Dujmović
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Jozo DujmovićSan Francisco State University |
Event Info
Title: Soft computing approach to evaluation and selection of energy development strategies
Date: Sept 13, 2010
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm
Abstract
Evaluation, comparison and selection of alternative energy development strategies are decision problems that can be solved using soft computing models. The goal of this presentation is to introduce the LSP method for soft computing evaluation and comparison of complex alternatives and to discuss its applicability in building comprehensive quantitative models for justifiable evaluation, comparison and selection of energetic development strategies (nuclear, hydro, thermo, wind, and solar approaches).
The LSP method is based on a number of decision attributes and corresponding attribute criteria. The attribute criteria are aggregated to create a compound criterion function that evaluates the overall suitability of alternative energetic strategies. The aggregation models must be consistent with observable properties of human evaluation reasoning and usually include a spectrum of soft computing logic relationships. The decision process must also include all cost components and an appropriate cost-benefit analysis.
Speaker Biography
Jozo Dujmović was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and received the Dipl. Ing. degree in electronic and telecommunication engineering in 1964, and the M.Sc. and Sc.D. degrees in computer engineering, in 1973 and 1976 respectively, all from the University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Since 1994 he has been Professor of Computer Science at San Francisco State University, where he served as Chair of Computer Science Department from 1998 to 2002. His teaching and research activities are in the areas of soft computing, software metrics and computer performance evaluation. In 1973 he introduced the soft computing concepts of andness and orness and logic aggregators based on continuous transition from conjunction to disjunction. He used these concepts to develop the Logic Scoring of Preference (LSP) method for evaluation, selection, and optimization of complex systems. He is the author of 140 referred publications, including 13 books and book chapters. Before his current position at San Francisco State University, he was Professor of Computer Science at the University of Belgrade, University of Florida (Gainesville), University of Texas (Dallas), and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In addition, he was teaching in the graduate Computer Science programs at the National Universities of San Luis and Jujuy (both in Argentina). At the University of Belgrade, where he was teaching from 1968 to 1992, he also served as Chairman of Computer Science Department, and as founding Director of the Belgrade University Computing Center.
His industrial experience includes work in the Institute “M. Pupin” in Belgrade, and consulting in the areas of decision methods, performance evaluation, and software design. In 1997 in San Francisco he founded SEAS, a company specializing in soft computing decision models. He currently serves as Principal of SEAS.
Prof. Dujmović is the recipient of three best paper awards, and a Senior Member of IEEE. He is an editor of Informatica, and served as General Chair of the Eight IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2000), and as General Chair of the Fourth ACM International Workshop on Software and Performance (WOSP 2004).
