A Review of Uncertain Decision-Making Methods in Energy Management Using Text Mining and Data Analytics

Abstract

The managerial and environmental studies conducted in the energy research area reflect its substantial importance, particularly when optimizing and modifying consumption patterns, transitioning to renewable sources away from fossil ones, and designing plans and systems. The aim of this study is to provide a systematic review of the literature allowing us to identify which research subjects have been prioritized in the fields of energy and sustainability in recent years, determine the potential reasons explaining these trends, and categorize the techniques applied to analyze the uncertainty faced by decision-makers. We review articles published in highly ranked journals through the period 2003–2020 and apply text analytics to cluster their main characteristics; that is, we rely on pre-processing and text mining techniques. We analyze the title, abstract, keywords, and research methodology of the articles through clustering and topic modeling and illustrate what methods and fields constitute the main focus of researchers. We demonstrate the substantial importance of fuzzy-related methods and decision-making techniques such as the Analytical Hierarchy Process and Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to Ideal Solutions (TOPSIS). We also show that subjects such as renewable energy, energy planning, sustainable energy, energy policy, and wind energy have gained relevance among researchers in recent years.

Environmental Production Efficiency in the European Union Countries as a Tool for the Implementation of Goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda

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“…A detailed description of this method and examples of its application can also be found in the papers [78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86]. This method is often used in the literature to study customer preferences [78][79][80][81][82]. There are also a growing number of its application in research on the level and directions of regional development [84][85][86].…”

Big Data Value Chain: Multiple Perspectives for the Built Environment

“…Tavana et al [129] Identifying key issues in energy sector and the techniques that policymakers use for risk assessment.…”

Neutrosophic Completion Technique for Incomplete Higher-Order AHP Comparison Matrices

“…To serve as the basis for comparison, the results obtained following the neutrosophic AHP technique presented in Section 2.2 are briefly presented. Table 6 summarizes the profile of the expert, together with the resulting neutrosophic characterization parameters derived according to Equations ( 13) to (15). Figure 1 presents the triangular neutrosophic truth: indeterminacy and falsehood membership functions associated to the criteria weights.…”

“…The method is based on determining, for each pair of criteria, how much more relevant one criterion is with respect to the other in order to make the final decision. AHP has been widely applied in assessing design problems in a variety of fields, such as energy management [15], transport management [16], or maintenance of infrastructures [17], among many others.…”