Application of multi-criteria decision making to estimate the potential of flooding

An AHP-Delphi Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model with Application to Environmental Decision-Making

Evaluation of recommender systems: A multi-criteria decision making approach

The evaluation and selection of recommender systems is a difficult decision making process. This difficulty is partially due to the large diversity of published evaluation criteria in addition to lack of standardized methods of evaluation. As such, a systematic methodology is needed that explicitly considers multiple, possibly conflicting metrics and assists decision makers to evaluate and find...

A modification of probabilistic hesitant fuzzy sets and its application to multiple criteria decision making

Probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set (PHFS) is a fruitful concept that adds to hesitant fuzzy set (HFS) the term of probability which is able to retain more information than the usual HFS. Here, we demonstrate that the existing definitions of PHFS are not still reasonable, and therefore, we first improve the PHFS definition. By endowing the set and algebraic operations with a new re-definition of P...

Application of the fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making method to identify nonlinear decision model

A large number of multi-criteria methods have been developed to deal with different kinds of problems. Most of them use a linear aggregation, what is the cause of many shortcomings in solving decision problems. This paper presents how to identify nonlinear multi-criteria decision-making models with using the new fuzzy method: the Characteristic Objects Method (COMET). In this approach, models a...

Evaluation and Prioritization of Criteria Affecting the Selection of Landscape Species, Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Systems

It is impractical to implement conservation efforts for all species due to complexity of natural systems, large scale of biodiversity issues, and budget limitations. Prioritizing species of conservation importance can alleviate this issue. Multiple interrelated criteria may be used for conservation prioritization of species. Therefore, the accurate evaluation of criteria is a multi-criteria dec...

Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques (ANP) in order to Optimize Management by Prioritizing the Specific Areas of Tourism (Case Study: Yazd Province)

Knowing natural and human potentials of each area makes it possible for the development planning to be done based on the current situation and its potential. Typical tourism areas of the country are one of the key issues in policy making and tourism development, where attracting private sector investment, will provide sustainable regional development. The aim of this study is choosing a tourist...