WSEAS Transactions on Systems
Print ISSN: 1109-2777, E-ISSN: 2224-2678
Volume 18, 2019
An Integrated Decision Aid Framework for Fuel Provider Selection: A Case Study in Food Industry
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Abstract: Lexical meaning of the word “fuel” is a material that can be made to react with other substances in order to release chemical or nuclear energy as heat or to be used for work. Down the ages, energy has been one of the most important part of the human life. From past to present, heating and cooking are used intensively and during the history, fuel has been used both for cooking and heating. This paper introduces an integrated multiple criteria decision making approach for fuel provider selection in food industry. Seven conflicting evaluation criteria namely lead time, reliability, sustainability, cost, service quality, location and warranties, are determined in this work. In order to illustrate the application, a numerical example is given by conducting a case study in Turkish food sector.
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Keywords: Fuel provider selection, decision support, multi-criteria decision making, 2-tuple linguistic representation, linguistic hierarchies, COPRAS, TOPSIS
Pages: 229-234
WSEAS Transactions on Systems, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2777 / 2224-2678, Volume 18, 2019, Art. #29