Reprint

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques for Improvement Sustainability Engineering Processes

Volume 2

Edited by
October 2020
476 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03936-792-4 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-03936-793-1 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques for Improvement Sustainability Engineering Processes that was published in

This book is part of the book set Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques for Improvement Sustainability Engineering Processes

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Summary

The success of any activity and process depends fundamentally on the possibility of balancing (symmetry) needs and their satisfaction. That is, the ability to properly define a set of success indicators. The application of the developed new multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods can be eliminated or decreased by decision-makers’ subjectivity, which leads to consistency or symmetry in the weight values of the criteria. In this Special Issue, 40 research papers and one review study co-authored by 137 researchers from 23 different countries explore aspects of multi-criteria modeling and optimization in crisp or uncertain environments. The papers propose new approaches and elaborate case studies in the following areas of application: MCDM optimization in sustainable engineering, environmental sustainability in engineering processes, sustainable multi-criteria production and logistics processes planning, integrated approaches for modeling processes in engineering, new trends in the multi-criteria evaluation of sustainable processes, and multi-criteria decision-making in strategic management based on sustainable criteria.

Format
  • Hardback
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© 2020 by the authors; CC BY licence
Keywords
green supplier selection; q-rung orthopair fuzzy set; consensus-reaching process; the q-ROFPWA operator; TODIM method; quality; sustainability processes; Delphi; FUCOM (full consistency method); SERVQUAL (service quality); new methodology; analytic hierarchy process; consistency measure; group decision-making; probabilistic linguistic preference relation; job satisfaction; modelling in management engineering; sustainable human resource management; structural equation model (SEM); partial least-squares path modeling (PLS-PM); fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making (FMCDM); F-MULTIMOORA; sustainability; left turn; intersections; lane capacity; multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM); Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFSs); q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (q-RIVOFSs); q-RIVOFWHM operator; q-RIVOFWDHM operator; green suppliers selection; sustainable design; household furnishing materials; multi-attribute decision-making (MADM); step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA); Best Worst Method (BWM); Multi-fuzzy sets; type-2 fuzzy sets; type-2 multi-fuzzy sets; distance measures; set operations; Bonferroni harmonic mean; aggregation operator; intuitionistic fuzzy set; multiple attribute group decision making; search and rescue robots; Supply Chain Management; Multi-Criteria Decision-Making; Green Supplier; Sustainability; symmetry; sustainability; ecological impact; structural solution; steel frame; load-bearing structure; Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM); Multi-Criteria Decision-Making; ARAS-F; MULT-F; sustainability; engineering; multi-criteria decision-making; sustainability; supplier selection; construction; FUCOM; rough COPRAS; rough Dombi aggregator; material selection; multiple criteria decision making; IVIFN; CODAS; sustainability; decision network; stochastic network; graphical evaluation and review technique (GERT); mathematical programming; building refurbishment project planning; urban area; sustainable development; urban planning; urban development; urban geographic information system; multi-criteria; criteria weights; cost decision making; construction site overhead costs; neural network ensembles; ensemble averaging; stacked generalisation; cost estimation; construction cost management; Supply Chain Management; Data Envelopment Analysis; Non-radial DEA model; Supplier; Efficiency Evaluation; Environment; FMCDM; fuzzy logics; fuzzy environment; FAHP; TOPSIS; hydrogen power plant; site selection; pedestrian refuge; speed reduction; visibility; surrounding environment; cloud vendors; COPRAS method; muirhead mean; programming model and statistical variance; brain functional connection pathways; rough set; multi-reduction; functional magnetic resonance imaging; multi-criteria modeling in railway transport; sustainable railway transport; Cutting and Packing problem; container loading; load planning and monitoring software; multiple criteria decision making; MCDM; transport; sustainable; airport; runway; hybrid; MULTIMOORA.; type-2 fuzzy set; intuitionistic type-2 fuzzy set; possibility and necessity operators; distance measure; multi-loop rail network; path optimization; trains formed at loading area; genetic algorithm; KE-GRA-TOPSIS; KE; AHP; entropy; game theory; GRA-TOPSIS; personalized product evaluation; heritage building; photogrammetry; 3D modelling; MCDM; Rough WASPAS; expert survey; persons with disabilities; passenger service; rough power heronian aggregator; multi-robot systems; path planning; D* Lite; FUCOM; cloud technology; green supply chain management practices; green indicators; manufacturing firms; Delphi; Fuzzy AHP; Pakistan; management; costs; FUCOM; ABC analysis; Interval Rough CoCoSO; finances; sustainability; circular economy; selection process; construction project; management; Monte Carlo; future scenarios; sustainable health insurance model; multiple attribute decision making (MADM)-based scenarios; step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA); weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS); divergence measure; entropy; fuzzy set; multi-criteria decision making; recycling job selection; e-waste; facility location problem; criteria; multicriteria decision-making; DEMATEL-MAIRCA method; China Railway Express; international logistics centers; manufacturing flexibility; multi-criteria optimization; sustainability; evolutionary computation; symmetry; cost-time profile; interval-valued neutrosophic sets; multi-criteria decision-making; WASPAS-IVNS; autonomous mobile robots; search and rescue; sustainability; fuzzy PIPRECIA; CRITIC; I-distance; business excellence; analytic hierarchy process; best worst method; decision-making; driver behavior questionnaire; road safety; entropy; AHP; aggregation; economic development; business-friendly certification; sustainable development; multi-criteria decision-making; sustainability; engineering; optimization