The phrase "alternative consists" is not correct in English as it lacks clarity and proper context.
It could be used in a sentence where you are trying to describe what an alternative is made up of, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The alternative consists of several key components that address the issue at hand."
Alternatives: "alternative comprises" or "alternative includes".
Each alternative consists of a few attributes based on which the decision maker chooses the best alternative.
From the analytical point of view, the next larger function space (as a generalising alternative) consists of Radon measures.
The ideal best alternative consists of all higher values for the beneficial attributes and all lower values for the non-beneficial values.
Since the determination of the maxima can be unpractical in most concrete situations, a valid alternative consists in subtracting from the detected signal the optical noise measured independently by shooting the laser beam in open water.
The second, more fruitful alternative consists in introducing a new system of strict implication, still modeled on the Whitehead and Russell system of material implication, that will contain (all or a part of) extensional propositional logic as a proper part, but aspiring to completeness for at least strict implication.
The final environmental impact statement for the project was published in mid-2008 and the preferred alternative consists of a two-lane road bypassing the village of Constantine.
The purpose of this study was to investigate an innovative alternative consisting of corticosteroid encapsulation into magnetically retainable microparticles.
The set of "non-dominated" alternatives consists of those alternatives that are not dominated by any alternative.
The proposed ER approach for sustainability assessment of wastewater reuse alternatives consists of five main steps: 1. Identification of potential wastewater reuse alternatives (including wastewater reuse applications and tertiary treatment technologies).
The alternatives consisted of a routing north of downtown, south of downtown, through downtown along the Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way near the alignment of US 66, and a more elaborate alternative of a routing above downtown on a long overpass.
Remaining biogeographic alternatives consist of two or more discrete provinces separated by a zone (or zones) of faunal mixing; or a continuous latitudinal gradient, or cline, with no discrete zones of endemism.
