A new integrated fuzzy MCDM approach and its application to wastewater management

This paper proposes a fuzzy multi-criteria group decision making methodology that combines 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic representation model, linguistic hierarchies, Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method and Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The multigranular linguistic information obtained from decision-makers are unified and aggregated employing linguistic hierarchies and 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic representation model. The weights of the criteria are calculated employing DEMATEL method, which enables to consider inner dependencies among criteria. Then, fuzzy TOPSIS method is utilized to rank the alternatives. The developed methodology is able to handle information in a decision making problem with multiple information sources. Furthermore, it enables managers to deal with heterogeneous information without loss of information. The developed methodology is used to determine the most suitable wastewater treatment (WWT) alternative for Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey that is also listed among the world's most crowded cities.

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