Study of a Relationship between the Criteria for Selection of the Transport Technology for the Passengers Carriage using the Dematel Method

Abstract

This study defines criteria and sub-criteria for evaluation of the transport technology for carriage of passengers by railway and road transport. The main criteria are divided into four groups: business, environmental, social and technological, named BEST analysis. Twenty-four sub-criteria have been examined. The method of multi-criteria analysis Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) has been applied to analyse importance and the relations between the criteria. Results show that e criteria of the great importance are business group (29.47%) and technological group (27.49%). The sub-criteria: transport costs for fuel (7.83%); ticket price (8.29%); time travel (6.99%); directness (6.47%) and direct operating costs (6.30%) are the most important. The defined criteria and subcriteria can be applied for evaluation, comparison and selection the transportation variant.

Application of the DEMATEL method for quantitative analysis of risk factors for railway investments in Poland

“…The assessment of the importance of risk factors on railway investment implementation for the build stage was made on the basis of factor weights, calculated using the classical DEMATEL technique, in which the weights are determined based on normalized prominence ( R+C ) ( Eq 8 ). Despite various modifications introduced by some authors in calculating criteria weights in DEMATEL [ 24 , 38 , 39 ], the classic method of estimating them is widely used [ 28 , 29 ]. The calculated criteria weights are characterized by little variability.…”

“…Regardless of the method used, the analysis of 11 factors by experts seems to be quite a complex issue, so it may be worth using the method of grouping factors, which leads to reducing the size of the issue, and then conducting a DEMATEL analysis for the groups and within them. This type of approach was successfully used in other studies [ 28 , 41 ].…”

“…As a result of the T matrix transformations, a net influence matrix— NeT —is developed, the graphical representation of which is the map of the total net influence, showing the strength of influence of one factor on another factor. Building the classic DEMATEL model can be formulated as follows [ 23 , 28 ].…”

“…In the work of Mirosław-Swiatek et al [ 27 ] it was used in the analysis of factors affecting the safety of flood embankments. The DEMATEL method was applied by Stoilova [ 28 ] to analyse the importance and the relations between the criteria and to establish the weights of the criteria for assesing the transport technology for passenger transport by railway and road. Farooq et al [ 29 ] used DEMATEL to determine weights for smart urban mobility evaluation criteria in Beijing.…”

Comparing Power Supply Technologies for Public Transport Buses through the AHP and the Fuzzy DEMATEL Method

“…In this study, the main factors affecting the selection of bus power supply technolog were identified based on a literature review [3,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] in the field and on the personal ex perience of the experts involved in the study in the fields of transport planning, opera tions, and technology. The considered factors were collected according to the categorie described below.…”