IreneMantzouranis
10-11-2006, 12:50 PM
INTUITION is a Network of Excellence with the main objective of providing a communication platform among the leading experts and key actors in all relevant areas of Virtual Environment technologies in Europe and beyond. Within the framework of WorkPackage 3.5 of INTUITION, entitled “Socio economic impact”, is to estimate the socio-economic impact of VR/VE technologies introduction in various business sectors.
This Deliverable presents the methodology to be followed for this estimation of socio-economic impacts of VR/VEs. This is based on the MCA (Multicriteria Analysis Methodology) tool, which was developed by Saaty, namely the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which will result in an overall ranking of possible VR application areas, according to their impact on specifically set criteria, as rated by experts (INTUITION Consortium). Also the Cost Benefit and SWOT analysis methodologies are covered in order to present a complete picture of the tools available for thorough socio-economic description of the network.
In appendix, the template excel sheets to be completed by the pair-wise comparisons ratings of experts are also included, to be used in the next phase of the project.
This Deliverable presents the methodology to be followed for this estimation of socio-economic impacts of VR/VEs. This is based on the MCA (Multicriteria Analysis Methodology) tool, which was developed by Saaty, namely the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which will result in an overall ranking of possible VR application areas, according to their impact on specifically set criteria, as rated by experts (INTUITION Consortium). Also the Cost Benefit and SWOT analysis methodologies are covered in order to present a complete picture of the tools available for thorough socio-economic description of the network.
In appendix, the template excel sheets to be completed by the pair-wise comparisons ratings of experts are also included, to be used in the next phase of the project.