Abstract
This paper suggests spatial multi-criteria model in order to assist decision makers in the selection of sites which are suitable for ammunition depots (AD). They represent military facilities which have more criteria that need to be matched than civil structures. The proposed model is based on combined use of Geographic information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria techniques. The model application is presented in the case study of Carpathian region, the Eastern part of Serbia. The model deals with nine restrictions and six evaluation criteria. Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory—Analytic Network Process (DEMATEL-ANP) multi-criteria techniques are used to determine weight coefficients of evaluation criteria. Along with the above mentioned methods, this paper introduces a new technique for the multi-criteria decision making—MAIRCA (MultiAttributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis) method. The MAIRCA method is used for the ranking and selection of suitable locations. The results have shown that 45 km2 of the Carpathian region is very suitable for ammunition depot construction. The MAIRCA method chose location L1 as the most appropriate. Sensitivity analysis shows that the model is capable of identifying a suitable ammunition depot location. This approach can be helpful in determining suitable ammunition depot locations in other regions with similar geographic conditions and can also be successfully used for the suitability assessment of existing ammunition depots.
Highlights
In recent years, much effort has been made to solve facility location problems (FLP)
The Carpathians mountain massif is especially suitable due to its location, significance and karst geological structure meaning that the terrain fits well with the ammunition depots (AD) operational criteria
The existence of a military range in this region supports the suitability of establishing AD in this area
Summary
Much effort has been made to solve facility location problems (FLP). Broader socioeconomic concerns were evident with the temporary highway and railroad shutting down and the evacuation of people from the nearby locations [11] These facts clearly point out the essential need to locate and build ammunition depots at safer locations, without losing their functional purposes. The combination of GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a widely accepted concept for spatial problem solving in many areas such as the environment, ecology, transportation, urban and regional planning, waste management, hydrology, agriculture, forestry, geology and site selection [12]. This paper comprises of the following parts: Definition of aim/problem and model structure; Identification of restrictions and evaluation criteria; Data gathering and building of the spatial criteria basis; GIS-MCDA evaluation; Sensitivity analysis and GIS visualization of the final solutions and recommendations
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