This study presents a real-world multi-objective facility location analytics model for determining the number and locations of Temporary Emergency Service Centers (TESCs) for a regional natural gas distribution company in Turkey. These centers are set up temporarily after natural disasters...

In everyday life, many decisions are made, from personal and individual issues to major issues. In most decision-making topics, there are generally several goals and factors for discussion that are analyzed by multi-objective models. Researchers have conducted various studies on multi-objective...

The growing environmental concerns related to fossil-based power usage have led to a global transition towards renewable and conservative energy usage practices. In the context of human thermal comfort within enclosures, Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are deployed as effective passive...

This study proposes an integrated Decision Support System (DSS) with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) to evaluate trainers in organizations and choose the most suitable one(s) for a training program. The clustering stage determines the most appropriate number of trainees to be assigned to a...

Chatbots are increasingly integrated into customer support systems due to recent developments in artificial intelligence. Chatbots can provide quick and tailored services to users, including employees and consumers. This paper presents a decision-making framework for chatbot selection in the...

Assessment of alternative banking systems is a difficult problem with multiple and conflicting criteria. This study proposes a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model for evaluating alternative social banking systems (with no interest charges) using a T-Spherical fuzzy Decision-Making Trial...

Plasma arc cutting (PAC) has evolved as an efficient process to cut complex profiles on many hard-to-machine engineering materials due to its many advantages, like higher dimensional accuracy, higher productivity, and the capability to cut thick materials. Optimization of this process is...

The fog computing paradigm is promising for deploying various delay-sensitive Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The resource-constrained fog devices restrict the number of application deployments due to a lack of efficient resource estimation and discovery mechanisms for various emergent...

This paper focuses on a comparative analysis between two multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, called the Simple Ranking Process (SRP) and Faire Un Choix Adéquat (FUCA). Two examples are used to reveal the similarities and differences between these two methods. The findings established...

The knowledge measure of fuzzy sets (FSs) has drawn greater attention and is still unresolved since it is the complementary idea to fuzzy entropy. The amount of knowledge is important in evaluating fuzzy information. This study proposes an exponential entropy-based knowledge measure for fuzzy...