Economical and ecological utility oriented analysis of the process of anaerobic digestion of waste waters

A problem which has been constantly emphasized is the creation of criteria adequate to characterize the complexity of ecological analysis. The objective of the present paper is to demonstrate the capabilities of multiattribute utility theory in difficult-to-formalize problems. The multiattribute utility and the proposed algorithms provide a logically and operationally tested method which includes value in complex ecological problems. The results obtained and the constructed utility functions should be accepted as an iterative stage in real investigations, rather than as complete research that offers a final decision. The value estimations of the decision maker are the basis for interest in a given ecological problem. But they are often not explicitly or consistently addressed in the real investigations. The proposed methods account for otherwise uninterpretable information. The constructed value function can be used for automatic computer control and monitoring of anaerobic waste water digestion, which could reveal a new potential from the practical point of view.