There are a few studies in the literature regarding possible types of uncertainty in input data
of multi‐criteria decision making (MCDM) or multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) …

The supplier selection plays an important role in supplier chain management. How to
evaluate the performance of suppliers is still an open issue. Multi-criteria decision-making …

How to manage conflict is still an open issue in Dempster–Shafer (DS) evidence theory. The
conflict coefficient k in DS evidence theory cannot represent conflict reasonably, especially …

Multi-stakeholder based construction projects are subject to potential risk factors due to
dynamic business environment and stakeholders' lack of knowledge. When solving project …

Nowadays, with the development of information technology and economic globalization,
supplier selection problem gets more and more attraction. The recent literature shows huge …

In the field of complex networks, how to identify influential nodes in the network is still an
important research topic. In this paper, a method to identify the influence of the node based …

Pairwise comparison matrix (PCM) as a crucial component of Analytic Hierarchy Process
(AHP) presents the preference relations among alternatives. However, in many cases, the …

Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) is a generalization of a fuzzy set that can express
and process uncertainty much better. There are various averaging operators defined for …

Since human errors always cause heavy loss especially in nuclear engineering, human
reliability analysis (HRA) has attracted more and more attention. Dependence assessment …

Location selection for a freight village is extremely important since it has strong impacts on
quality of life such as reduction of traffic congestion, reduction of carbon emission, and …