Have you come across the work we did over 40 years ago on multi-attribute decision making in the design of the building fabric?

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Please check the following publications... you might find them of interest:

1. Mattar, S.G., W. Bitterlich, P. Manning and P. Fazio "A Decision Model for the Design of Building Enclosures," Building and Environment, Vol. 13, pp. 201-216, 1978.

2. Mattar, S.G., P. Manning, P. Fazio and W. Bitterlich, “Application of the Decision by Exclusion Rule: The Design of the Walls”, Building and Environment, Vol. 13, pp. 217-232, 1978.

If you would like to discuss them further, I will be only too happy to do so. My email address is:

[email protected]

Best regards

Sam

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