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Paraconsistent qualitative evaluation of an Environmental Management System implementation process

A proposal is presented for a new process of qualitative evaluation of the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on the ISO 14001: 2004 standard, with a view to its future ISO certification. The proposed evaluation applies the resources of Two-Value Annotated Paraconsistent Logic (2VAPL). This article describes how this evaluation is carried out, since it differs from other qualitative evaluations, and explains its importance for the area of Environmental Management. A comparison made between the results from a simulation of a traditional qualitative evaluation and those obtained from a paraconsistent qualitative evaluation. Also discussed are the tools employed to illustrate the scenario involving paraconsistent analyses, i.e., the Para-Analyzer Algorithm and the Unitary Picture of the Cartesian Plane.

environmental management system; paraconsistent qualitative evaluation; two-value annotated paraconsistent logic


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