The selection of offshore wind farm site (OWFS) has important strategic significance for vigorously developing new energy and is deemed as a complicated uncertain multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) process. To further promote power planning provide decision support, this paper proposes hybrid picture fuzzy (PF) combined compromise solution (CoCoSo) technique prioritization OWFSs. begin with, ...

The paper presents a multi-factor decision-making approach for prioritizing failure modes as an alternative to traditional approach of failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA). The approach is based on the ‘technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution’ (TOPSIS). The priority ranking is formulated on the basis of six parameters (failure occurrence, non-detection, maintainability...

The operational reality behind the rhetoric of integrated natural resource management poses significant challenges for resource managers, resource use planners and research scientists. A variety of frameworks for integrated resource planning and use have been espoused. These tend to reflect the bias of the discipline or stakeholder group fostering the approach and may therefore be unpalatable t...

Decision support often focuses on substantive rationality (what to choose). The procedural rationality (how to choose) of the process of long-term strategic decision making is then often neglected. In strategic decision making, supporting the decision process is more important than supporting the search for an ‘‘optimal’’ solution to the problem, especially since for most policy problems a well...

Group decision support systems (GDSS) focus on the various processes of decision-making that occur as some form of a business meeting that involves multiple participants. This research reviews the literature for recent advances in GDSS applications in order to identify potential benefits and limitations of GDSS. The analysis specifically considers the elements of effectiveness, efficiency, and ...