Abstract
AbstractThe study proposes a comprehensive and systematic approach for multi-criteria and multi-stage facility location selection problem. To handle with high and more uncertainty in the evaluation and selection processes, the problem is solved by using multi-criteria decision making technique with interval Type-2 fuzzy sets. The study contributes the facility location selection literature by introducing the application of fuzzy TOPSIS method with interval Type-2 fuzzy sets. Finally, the suggested approach is applied to a real life region and site selection problem of a cement factory.
Highlights
Facility location selection is one of the subjects drawing utmost attention from both academicians and practitioners for over several decades because of its critical and strategic importance on organizations’ performance, profitability, competitiveness, and survival
With globalization, the location selection problem almost all kind of organizations have faced, is a typical multi-stage decision making problem ranging from country selection to site selection, in which factors affecting the location decisions differ.[1,2-3]
The hierarchical models for the region and site selection decisions were evaluated separately by using an multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach with interval Type-2 fuzzy sets (IT2FSs) to handle with the high uncertainty in the location selection problem
Summary
Facility location selection is one of the subjects drawing utmost attention from both academicians and practitioners for over several decades because of its critical and strategic importance on organizations’ performance, profitability, competitiveness, and survival. The studies[5,6] have clearly indicated that the evaluation criteria and the relative importance attributed to the criteria have differed with respect to the decision stages in the evaluation processes With this regard, this study focuses on multicriteria and multi-stage site selection problem with a variety of criteria to be considered. The motivation for conducting the study comes from the literature review indicating the availability and criticality high uncertainties on the location selection decision making process as well as the lack of studies using Type-2 fuzzy sets to handle uncertainties and vagueness for solving the problems in the multiple industrial environments. Conclusion remarks and suggestions for future studies are presented
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