Corn cultivation location selection for bioethanol production: An application of BWM and extended PROMETHEE II

The purpose of this paper is to streamline the supply corn, one key ingredients in production bioethanol. Using a comprehensive sustainable framework criteria (including social, economic, and environmental dimensions), potential locations corn cultivation Iran are examined from multi-criteria decision analysis perspective. To end, we need find importance relevant evaluation ranking method rank locations. Best worst (BWM) used determine weight presented based on opinion sample Iranian experts, after which ‘preference organization for enrichment evaluations II’ (PROMETHEE II) applied different provinces Iran. improve results, extend PROMETHEE II by employing set piecewise linear value functions, performance alternatives with respect calculated functions amount deviation first step II. results hybrid methodology indicate that presence water, land cost air pollution most important factors determining alternatives, Kordestan best province