15. DEMATEL Method

The DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method was introduced by Fonetla and Gabus in 1971 (Cheng et al. in Int J Hosp Manag 31:1155 (2015) [114], Sumrit and Anuntavoranich in J Eng Manag Appl Sci Technol 4:81 (2013) [115], Wu and Tsai Appl Math Comput 218:2334 (2011) [116], Yamazaki et al. in Rep Fac Eng 48:25 (1997) [117]), mainly used to study very complex global issues. The DEMATEL method is applied to construct a network relation design in order to examine the internal relation among the attributes. This technique is successfully applied in many situations such as the analysis of barriers of waste recycling (Chauhan et al. in J Air Waste Manag Assoc 68:100 (2018) [118]), project selection (Alinezhad and Simiari in J Ind Manag Stud 11:41 (2013) [119], Ho et al. in Expert Syst Appl 38:16 (2011) 120]), and evolution of e-learning programs (Tzeng et al. in Expert Syst Appl 32:1028 (2007) [121]).