Applied Mathematics and Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods

Dear Colleagues,

Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), a discipline where a dozen methods have been developed to solve decision problems involving more than one criterion (sometimes conflicting criteria), is still attracting the attention of researchers worldwide. One of the reasons for this is the flexibility of the methods that can be adapted to solve almost any decision problem, if not all. Decision problems solved via MCDM spread to diverse fields including computing, engineering, health and medicine, logistics and transportation, management, politics, and government, to name a few.

We are pleased to invite you to submit practical and original research for this Special Issue (SI) of Mathematics dedicated to MCDM. Within the scope of the journal, the research must focus on the mathematical modeling of MCDM: How were the criteria weights or alternative scores measured and obtained? How were these data treated? How were the results analyzed?

Studies from case researches are especially welcomed, since our aim is to publish papers on new applications of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. Theoretical or methodological studies will also be accepted, as long as they include a practical example in their contribution. Furthermore, literature reviews will be considered, since MCDM theory continues to evolve.

The following provide a very comprehensive, but not exclusive, list of topics for the SI:

• Artificial intelligence.
• Behavioral issues.
• Computing and software.
• Crisis, disaster, and emergency management.
• Decision support systems.
• Energy and fuel consumption.
• Environmental, social, and corporate governance.
• Finance and economics.
• Fuzzy sets approaches.
• Group decision-making.
• Human resources management.
• Information and communication technology.
• Logistics and transportation.
• Marketing.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Operations and production management.
• Project management.
• Quality management.
• Supply chain management.
• Tourism.
• Urban planning and smart cities.

Dr. Valério Salomon
Guest Editor

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