Application of MCDM Methods in Sustainability Engineering: A Literature Review 2008–2018

Abstract

Sustainability is one of the main challenges of the recent decades. In this regard, several prior studies have used different techniques and approaches for solving this problem in the field of sustainability engineering. Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) is an important technique that presents a systematic approach for helping decisionmakers in this field. The main goal of this paper is to review the literature concerning the application of MCDM methods in the field of sustainable engineering. The Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection Database was chosen to identify 108 papers in the period of 2008–2018. The selected papers were classified into five categories, including construction and infrastructure, supply chains, transport and logistics, energy, and other. In addition, the articles were classified based on author, year, application area, study objective and problem, applied methods, number of published papers, and name of the journal. The results of this paper show that sustainable engineering is an area that is quite suitable for the use of MCDM. It can be concluded that most of the methods used in sustainable engineering are based on traditional approaches with a noticeable trend towards applying the theory of uncertainty, such as fuzzy, grey, rough, and neutrosophic theory.

Decision-Making in the Transport Sector: A Sustainable Evaluation Method for Road Infrastructure

“…Inti et al [42] presented a modified AHP model, the characteristics of the additive transitivity of fuzzy relationships. Stojčić et al [43] identified 108 articles in the period 2008-2018 relating to the issue of sustainable engineering (23 specific articles in the transport and logistics sector). The results of this document show that sustainable engineering is an area that is quite suitable for the use of multi-criteria decision methods (MCDM).…”

Algorithm Selection for Edge Detection in Satellite Images by Neutrosophic WASPAS Method

“…The WASPAS-SVNS extension of the WASPAS method is used to solve the mentioned MCDM problem. Previously, the WASPAS-SVNS method was applied for the problem of the real world [17,20,21,48]. The basis of this method is governed by the single-valued neutrosophic set.…”

“…Therefore, the selection of the edge detection algorithm for the particular image can be accomplished using multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology. MCDM is an important technique that is used in sustainability engineering [17], as it is applied in a variety of areas: an improvement of image segmentation [18] and edge detection algorithms [7], sustainable urban development [19], ranking of the urban parks according to their safety [20], environment exploration by autonomous mobile robots [21], concentrated solar power (CSP) [22,23], combine heat and power (CHP) [24]. However, the multi-criteria analysis is not widely applied for the selection of the edge detection methods for application-specific images based on their features.…”

An Extended GRA Method Integrated with Fuzzy AHP to Construct a Multidimensional Index for Ranking Overall Energy Sustainability Performances

“…For instance, Stević et al [24] introduced the measurement of alternatives and ranking according to compromise solution (MARCOS) method for sustainable supplier selection in healthcare industries. Introducing new extensions to existing multicriteria decision-making models such as the extended TOPSIS method by Yu et al [25] are also gaining popularity for solving specific sustainability problems [26][27][28]. Furthermore, there are integrated approaches that include multiple MCDM techniques to deal with such problems; for example, the integrated grey based multicriteria decision-making approach for the evaluation of renewable energy sources developed by Çelikbilek and Tüysüz [29].…”