This study presents an additive scale model for the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) that suits the decision problem using a linear preference comparison. This study discusses issues related to mathematical denotation, axiom, transitivity and numerical analysis for the additive scale model of AHP. The least squares method and correlation analysis are used to obtain the relative criteria weights...

China is a large agricultural country, yet the development environment of E-business in China is not mature. E-Commerce of agricultural products is a revolutionary change of traditional agricultural economy. This paper focuses on agricultural products’ electronic commerce in China. Firstly, the paper describes the current situation of electronic commerce. Afterwards, the paper uses Fuzzy Analyt...

We know that Innovation plays a crucial role in sustainable development for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cluster. This paper applies a multi-criteria methodology to SMEs cluster innovation capability appraisal, known as the analytic hierarchy process(AHP). This methodology is especially useful when there is partial information and/or qualitative variables are used. Firstly, this paper de...

Sustainable development is regarded as a pivotal factor for smart urban planning. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is a well-known land use transportation integration (LUTI) planning method, which can fulfill sustainable development objectives. In this study, a new spatial index is developed to measure TOD levels in neighborhoods of Tehran, the capital of Iran. To develop the TOD index, sever...

This study was carried out to evaluate the capability of a combined fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method for soil fertility evaluation of common bean in Shiraz, Iran. A set of membership functions was constructed to represent the soil fertility classes, which were derived from 50 field samples collected through a purposive sampling approach. Seven soil parameters including phosphorus (...

The confined water is a very important risk source for deep excavation especially in saturated soft soils because failure in control measurements will lead serious consequence not only for the project itself but also for adjacent buildings. There are many risk sources that have close relation with the risks in deep excavation relating to the confined water. Based on the probability and losses o...

This chapter demonstrates how a neuro-fuzzy approach could produce outputs of a further-modified multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) quality function deployment (QFD) model within the required error rate. The improved fuzzified MCDM model uses the modified S-curve membership function (MF) as stated in an earlier chapter. The smooth and flexible logistic membership function (MF) finds out fuzz...

Supplier selection is usually involved a multi-criteria evaluation to assist decision-making. This study proposed a simple method for vendor selection. The proposed procedure utilizes the structure of criteria in analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model and employs consistent fuzzy preference relations (CFPR) to construct the decision matrices. The advantage of CFPR is computational simplicity an...

The credit lack of third-party logistics enterprises has severely hampered the healthy development of the industry. This article establish the credit evaluation index system for third-party logistics enterprises based on the analysis of factors influencing the credit for a comprehensive, objective, scientific credit level evaluation. The authors determine the weight of every evaluation index wi...

Housing constitutes a basic need for all living beings. Unfortunately, natural hazards, including floods, pose severe threat to housing infrastructure systems. In turn, this paper develops framework quantify the resilience of systems against flood hazards. The parameters are based on literature and knowledge from experts. This gauges significance each parameter by using analytic hierarchy proce...