Advances in Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Sustainability: Modeling and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Real-world decision problems often require the consideration and analysis of a group of factors/attributes/criteria that affect the final evaluation. As criteria are often in conflict, decision makers (DMs) need a scientific approach to conduct those analyses. The growing complexity in modern social-economics or engineering environments (or system) has impeded DMs or researchers who try to solve a complicated problem by using single-criterion models. Therefore, the use of a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) approach to solving real-world problems has gained considerable attention in both academia and practice.

In recent years, MCDM research has been widely adopted in various fields, to exploit the preference or knowledge of DMs, for decision aids. However, traditional MCDM research mainly focuses on reaching the highest economic value or efficiency; issues related to sustainability are still underexplored. Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect high-quality papers which apply MCDM methods in all fields that address valuable topics related to sustainability. Also, owing to the uncertainty or vagueness in certain decision environments, the combination or integration of soft computing and artificial intelligence techniques with MCDM methods in modeling, are welcomed. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the modeling or applications of MCDM (or hybrid MCDM) approaches in:

• Business
• Management
• Finance
• Marketing
• Economics
• Politics
• Transportation
• Education
• Engineering
• Energy
• Ecology
• Information Technology
• Medical Science

Prof. Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
Dr. Kao-Yi Shen
Guest Editors

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