Abstract
This paper investigates the problem of the sustainable ammonium nitrate transport. The significance of this problem is increasing, considered the occurrence of the worldwide agricultural production boost. The existing international regulations for the transport of the dangerous chemical substances are not sufficient to obtain a satisfactory solution for the sustainable transport. The main reason for that is the fact that the safety criteria can easily become dominated by the economic factors. In this paper, the authors use the COMET method to identify a decision making model for the selection of the best scenario of sustainable transport. The COMET method is a new multi-criteria decision-making technique that is free of the rank reversal phenomenon. The identified model provides information about the global and local significance level of each of the criteria. The proposed approach can be easily expanded by using a greater number of criteria, depending on the particular problem analyzed. The proposed methodology is an efficient and highly accurate solution to make decisions based on experts' knowledge.
Highlights
T HE ammonium nitrate is one of the most popular mineral fertilizers in Poland and in Europe
Many popular evaluation methods, such as Economic-Effects Analysis (EEA), private investment analysis and CBA, are considering mainly the economic effects [8], sometimes neglecting the ecological, spatial or social aspects of the transport scenario [9]. Even if those latter aspects are taken into account, for example in a Social Cost-Benefit Analysis (SCBA), it remains difficult to obtain a monetary assessment of all the criteria [10]
This challenge can be solved with a usage of appropriate multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods, which are frequently used in transportation systems’ management problems [11], [12]
Summary
Many popular evaluation methods, such as Economic-Effects Analysis (EEA), private investment analysis and CBA, are considering mainly the economic effects [8], sometimes neglecting the ecological, spatial or social aspects of the transport scenario [9] Even if those latter aspects are taken into account, for example in a Social Cost-Benefit Analysis (SCBA), it remains difficult to obtain a monetary assessment of all the criteria [10]. One of the issues considered is the fact that the decisions are often being made on the basis of multiple conflicting information sources Based on these premises, a new MCDA method, Characteristic Objects METhod (COMET) has been developed, which is completely free of the Rank Reversal phenomenon [60].
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