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Published in: Soft Computing 9/2014

01-09-2014 | Methodologies and Application

A fuzzy MCDM method and an application to solid transportation problem with mode preference

Authors: Pradip Kundu, Samarjit Kar, Manoranjan Maiti

Published in: Soft Computing | Issue 9/2014

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a computationally efficient fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (FMCDM) method. For this purpose we define a ranking function based on credibility measure to rank a fuzzy number over another fuzzy number. A comparative result of our proposed ranking method with the other well known methods is provided. The proposed FMCDM method is successfully applied to find most preferred transportation mode among available modes with respect to some evaluation criteria for a solid transportation problem (STP). Here the evaluation ratings of the alternatives and criteria weights are presented in terms of linguistic variables. The importance weights of the available transportation modes as obtained by this method are then assigned to the STP. Numerical example is provided to illustrate the proposed method and problem.
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Metadata
Title
A fuzzy MCDM method and an application to solid transportation problem with mode preference
Authors
Pradip Kundu
Samarjit Kar
Manoranjan Maiti
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Soft Computing / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 1432-7643
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-013-1161-0

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