Multi-granular hybrid information-based decision-making framework and its application to waste to energy technology selection. (English) Zbl 1533.90067
Summary: To achieve sustainable management of municipal solid waste, selecting an appropriate waste to energy (WTE) technology is pivotal. The WTE technology selection is a complicated issue because it involves a range of conflicting criteria and a rich diversity of stakeholders. Moreover, the complexity will be multiplied when considering that the preference information provided by different people with respect to different criteria takes different forms and granularities. To tackle the WTE technology selection problems with multi-granular hybrid information, this paper proposes a new group decision-making framework. The proposed framework provides a reasonable solution to the WTE technology selection problems through four stages. In the first stage, three information transformation mechanisms are established to transform information in different forms and granularities into unified belief structures. In the second stage, a symmetrical cross-entropy measure-based weight determination model is developed to calculate the criteria weights. In the third stage, by combining information transformation mechanisms and criteria weights, the analytical evidential reasoning algorithm is extended to generate group opinions. Finally, according to the generated group opinions, the expected utilities of alternatives are calculated to compare and rank the alternatives. To illustrate the implementation process of the proposed decision-making framework, an application about the WTE technology selection in China is performed. Besides, a comparative experiment is conducted to show the flexibility and reliability of our proposal.
MSC:
| 90B50 | Management decision making, including multiple objectives |
Keywords:
waste to energy; evidential reasoning algorithm; multi-granular hybrid information; symmetrical cross-entropy measureReferences:
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