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

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 proposing new approaches and elaborate case studies in the following areas of applications: MCDM optimization in sustainable engineering, environmental sustainability in engineering processes, sustainable multi-criteria production and logistics processes planning, integrated approach for modeling processes in engineering, new trends in the multi-criteria evaluation of sustainable processes, multi-criteria decision-making in strategic management based on sustainable criteria.

[1]  Agnieszka Lesniak,et al.  Modelling Construction Site Cost Index Based on Neural Network Ensembles , 2019, Symmetry.

[2]  Dalia Streimikiene,et al.  Normalized Weighted Bonferroni Harmonic Mean-Based Intuitionistic Fuzzy Operators and Their Application to the Sustainable Selection of Search and Rescue Robots , 2019, Symmetry.

[3]  Jaroslaw Górecki,et al.  Simulation-Based Positioning of Circular Economy Manager's Skills in Construction Projects , 2019, Symmetry.

[4]  Snezana Mladenovic,et al.  Development of a Novel Freight Railcar Load Planning and Monitoring System , 2019, Symmetry.

[5]  Zenonas Turskis,et al.  A Hybrid Fuzzy Group Multi-Criteria Assessment of Structural Solutions of the Symmetric Frame Alternatives , 2019, Symmetry.

[6]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  A New Hybrid MCDM Model: Sustainable Supplier Selection in a Construction Company , 2019, Symmetry.

[7]  Hao Hu,et al.  Location Optimization of CR Express International Logistics Centers , 2020, Symmetry.

[8]  Jurgita Antucheviciene,et al.  Evaluation of the Influencing Factors on Job Satisfaction Based on Combination of PLS-SEM and F-MULTIMOORA Approach , 2018, Symmetry.

[9]  Gordan Stojic,et al.  A New Model for Defining the Criteria of Service Quality in Rail Transport: The Full Consistency Method Based on a Rough Power Heronian Aggregator , 2019, Symmetry.

[10]  Norhayati Zakuan,et al.  Application of Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) and VIKOR for the Assessment of Green Agility Critical Success Factors in Dairy Companies , 2019, Symmetry.

[11]  Jurgita Antucheviciene,et al.  Comparative Study of Urban Area Growth: Determining the Key Criteria of Inner Urban Development , 2019, Symmetry.

[12]  Romualdas Bausys,et al.  Modelling of Autonomous Search and Rescue Missions by Interval-Valued Neutrosophic WASPAS Framework , 2020, Symmetry.

[13]  Evelin Krmac,et al.  A New DEA Model for Evaluation of Supply Chains: A Case of Selection and Evaluation of Environmental Efficiency of Suppliers , 2019, Symmetry.

[14]  Robert Ojstersek,et al.  The Impact of Manufacturing Flexibility and Multi-Criteria Optimization on the Sustainability of Manufacturing Systems , 2020, Symmetry.

[15]  Dragan Randelovic,et al.  Use of Determination of the Importance of Criteria in Business-Friendly Certification of Cities as Sustainable Local Economic Development Planning Tool , 2020, Symmetry.

[16]  Jurgita Antucheviciene,et al.  Hybrid Group MCDM Model to Select the Most Effective Alternative of the Second Runway of the Airport , 2019, Symmetry.

[17]  Arunodaya Raj Mishra,et al.  Unified Fuzzy Divergence Measures with Multi-Criteria Decision Making Problems for Sustainable Planning of an E-Waste Recycling Job Selection , 2020, Symmetry.

[18]  Ilija Tanackov,et al.  A New Methodology for Improving Service Quality Measurement: Delphi-FUCOM-SERVQUAL Model , 2018, Symmetry.

[19]  Chao Yang,et al.  A Dynamic Multi-Reduction Algorithm for Brain Functional Connection Pathways Analysis , 2019, Symmetry.

[20]  Kosta Jovanovic,et al.  Cloud-Based Multi-Robot Path Planning in Complex and Crowded Environment with Multi-Criteria Decision Making using Full Consistency Method , 2019, Symmetry.

[21]  Olegas Prentkovskis,et al.  Foresight Based on MADM-Based Scenarios' Approach: A Case about Comprehensive Sustainable Health Financing Models , 2019, Symmetry.

[22]  Omid Ghorbanzadeh,et al.  Application of the AHP-BWM Model for Evaluating Driver Behavior Factors Related to Road Safety: A Case Study for Budapest , 2020, Symmetry.

[23]  Jie Wang,et al.  Methods for Multiple-Attribute Group Decision Making with q-Rung Interval-Valued Orthopair Fuzzy Information and Their Applications to the Selection of Green Suppliers , 2019, Symmetry.

[24]  Prasenjit Chatterjee,et al.  Comparative Evaluation of Sustainable Design Based on Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) and Best Worst Method (BWM) Methods: A Perspective on Household Furnishing Materials , 2019, Symmetry.

[25]  Jianjun Hu,et al.  Personalized Product Evaluation Based on GRA-TOPSIS and Kansei Engineering , 2019, Symmetry.

[26]  Alicja Solowczuk,et al.  Identification of Determinants of the Speed-Reducing Effect of Pedestrian Refuges in Villages Located on a Chosen Regional Road , 2019, Symmetry.

[27]  Miroslavas Pavlovskis,et al.  Ranking of Heritage Building Conversion Alternatives by Applying BIM and MCDM: A Case of Sapieha Palace in Vilnius , 2019, Symmetry.

[28]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Application of MCDM Methods in Sustainability Engineering: A Literature Review 2008-2018 , 2019, Symmetry.

[29]  K. S. Ravichandran,et al.  A Scientific Decision Framework for Cloud Vendor Prioritization under Probabilistic Linguistic Term Set Context with Unknown/Partial Weight Information , 2019, Symmetry.

[30]  Chia-Nan Wang,et al.  Hydrogen Power Plant Site Selection Under Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-Making (FMCDM) Environment Conditions , 2019, Symmetry.

[31]  Boliang Lin,et al.  Optimizing the Paths of Trains Formed at the Loading Area in a Multi-loop Rail Network , 2019, Symmetry.

[32]  Zivko Erceg,et al.  A New Model for Stock Management in Order to Rationalize Costs: ABC-FUCOM-Interval Rough CoCoSo Model , 2019, Symmetry.

[33]  Samarjit Kar,et al.  An Extension of the CODAS Approach Using Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set for Sustainable Material Selection in Construction Projects with Incomplete Weight Information , 2019, Symmetry.

[34]  Željko Stević,et al.  A Novel Integrated Subjective-Objective MCDM Model for Alternative Ranking in Order to Achieve Business Excellence and Sustainability , 2020, Symmetry.

[35]  Ilija Tanackov,et al.  New Analytic Solutions of Queueing System for Shared-Short Lanes at Unsignalized Intersections , 2019, Symmetry.

[36]  Rui Wang,et al.  A Novel Approach for Green Supplier Selection under a q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Environment , 2018, Symmetry.

[37]  Li Xu,et al.  Evaluating and Prioritizing the Green Supply Chain Management Practices in Pakistan: Based on Delphi and Fuzzy AHP Approach , 2019, Symmetry.

[38]  Bartlomiej Sroka,et al.  Using Stochastic Decision Networks to Assess Costs and Completion Times of Refurbishment Work in Construction , 2019, Symmetry.

[39]  K. S. Ravichandran,et al.  Probabilistic Linguistic Preference Relation-Based Decision Framework for Multi-Attribute Group Decision Making , 2018, Symmetry.

[40]  Samarjit Kar,et al.  Type-2 Multi-Fuzzy Sets and Their Applications in Decision Making , 2019, Symmetry.

[41]  Samarjit Kar,et al.  Intuitionistic Type-2 Fuzzy Set and Its Properties , 2019, Symmetry.