In this paper, a quantitative multicriteria futuristic fuzzy decision hierarchy (MFFDH)-based SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis has been carried out to determine priorities among significant factors related to tourism’s internal and external environment. In MFFDH model, the fuzzy logic is combined with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to overcome the uncertainty i...

Our purpose in this paper is to show the integration properties of the intuitionistic fuzzyvalued Choquet integrals, by which improper applications of this type of Choquet integral in the multicriteria decision making can be avoided. We first propose some important operational properties of intuitionistic fuzzy values (IFVs) and give a short review of the methods of comparing IFVs in the framew...

Development and use of remediation technologies for contaminated soils and water progresses at a very fast pace and thus a large number of cleanup alternatives emerge. The selection of the most appropriate Remediation technology for the given site must be based on many, usually conflicting, criteria. To successfully apply all these criteria a multicriteria decision support system (DSS) is neede...

Continuing attempts to align science and technology policies with industrial and societal needs have aroused interest in the determination of research priorities. In this paper, we report a case study where leading experts from industry and public administration were assisted by multicriteria decision analysis in the planning of a collaborative research program for Scandinavian forestry and for...

strategic environmental assessment can be viewed as a process to integrate the concept ofsustainable development into planning. in this context, sea can be regarded as a method that regulates theplanning process to a state of sustainable development. however, to reach that goal it is necessary to achieve full integration of planning and the sea process.therefore this paper considers the integra...

Until now, decision under uncertainty and multicriteria decision making have been investigated separately and almost independently, although there is a close link between both fields. Decision theory is also closely related to measurement theory. Besides, it is well known that additive representations in decision making are not sufficient to avoid paradoxes such as Ellsberg’s paradox. Therefore...

Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) or three-dimensional printing (3DP) refers to producing objects from digital information layer by layer. Despite recent advancements in AM, process planning AM has not received much attention compared subtractive manufacturing. One of the critical issues is deciding part orientation. In this research, integrative framework multicriteria decision making for o...

In practical applications of mathematical programming it is frequently observed that the decision maker prefers apparently suboptimal solutions. A natural explanation for this phenomenon is that the applied mathematical model was not sufficiently realistic and did not fully represent all the decision makers criteria and constraints. Since multicriteria optimization approaches are specifically d...

Spatial decision support systems (SDSS) are generally employed in decision problems, in which spatial dimensions play a significant role. They have a satisfactory record in a wide range of problems and in various circumstances. SDSS Applications include land use planning, nuclear waste disposal facility location, water resource management, habitat site development, health care resource allocati...

this paper addresses a multi-criteria decision based methodology to develop a road network cost function for route finding analysis in a geographic information system (gis). over the years, several studies relating to route planning process in gis and intelligent transportation systems (its) have been conducted, most of which rely on the use of one-dimensional variables like distance or time as...