Application of Hexagonal Fuzzy MCDM Methodology for Site Selection of Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Arijit Ghosh,Mahananda Sen Gupta,Sankar Prasad Mondal,Biraj Kanti Mondal,Suchitra Kumari,Aditya Das,Neha Ghorui

doi:10.3390/math9040393

Abstract

In this paper, the application of hexagonal fuzzy multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology for the site selection of electric vehicle charging stations is considered. In this regard, four factors and thirteen sub-factors have been taken into consideration for E-vehicle charging site selection. In this research, the geographic information system (GIS) has been incorporated with MCDM techniques. The fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is used to obtain a fuzzy weight of factors and sub-factors. MCDM tools fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) and fuzzy complex proportional assessment (FCOPRAS) have been used to rank the selected sites. A centroid-based method for defuzzification and distance measure between two hexagonal fuzzy numbers (HFN) has been developed for this paper. A practical example in Howrah, India, is considered to show the applicability and usefulness of the model. The results depict the suitability of the proposed research. Comparative and sensitivity analyses have been demonstrated to check the reliability, robustness and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Highlights

Electric vehicles play a very momentous role in addressing fossil fuel pollution and they are capable of making a paradigm shift in the entire transportation sector
Transportation is a significant contributor to urban air pollution and the reduction of urban city emission is the need of the hour
This paper addresses the problem of charging infrastructure creation for e-vehicles in a city environment

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Introduction

Electric vehicles play a very momentous role in addressing fossil fuel pollution and they are capable of making a paradigm shift in the entire transportation sector. Transportation is a significant contributor to urban air pollution and the reduction of urban city emission is the need of the hour. Electric vehicles make the world more liveable and provide a pollution-free mode of transportation in urban areas. The high level of pollution is degrading the environment and it has made the concept of sustainable development a fairy-tale phenomenon [1,2]. Sustainable consumption needs to be adopted by conducting timely environmental and sustainability assessments to prevent any large-scale ecological disaster from happening. This is where electrical vehicles come into the picture, with sustainability, environment-protecting and pocket-friendly being a few of their rewards

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