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The use of matrices for the determination of science and technology priority areas for the achievement of energy goals in Egypt
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Said M. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440080307
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , matrix (chemical analysis) , energy (signal processing) , order (exchange) , science, technology and society , computer science , operations research , industrial engineering , engineering , mathematics , statistics , sociology , political science , chemistry , social science , business , finance , chromatography , law
Energy goals of Egypt up to 2000 were determined. Those energy objectives are then related to different areas of science and technology in a priority order. This is accomplished by filling three matrices: (1) the D/D matrix which displays the interconnections between energy objectives, (2) the S/D matrix which describes the relevance of science and technology to objectives and (3) the S/S matrix which displays the interconnections between scientific and technological disciplines. Cross‐support, dependence and relevance indices enabled the construction of priority and cross‐support charts. The method is useful and reveals many interesting results which are thoroughly discussed and analysed.