Title: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Problems and Methods under Uncertainty

Report Abstract:

owadays, multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) plays an important role in various research areas, especially industrial engineering. It consists of two main parts, multi-attribute decision making (MADM) and multi-objective decision making (MODM). In addition, uncertainty as an inherent part of MCDM problems has been considered in a practical situation attracted by researchers in recent years. To cope with the uncertainty, there are three main ways, namely stochastic, robust and fuzzy set theory. In this talk, MCDM methods under the fuzzy environment are discussed. In fact, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Analytic Network Process (ANP), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR), Multi-Objective Optimization on the basis of Ratio Analysis (MOORA), Multi-Objective Optimization on the basis of Ratio Analysis with Full Multiplicative Form (MULTIMOORA), new Additive Ratio Assessment (ARAS), Complex Proportional Assessment of alternatives (COPRAS), Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL), ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité (ELECTRE), Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE), and Best-Worst methods are reviewed and discussed. Then, the classic fuzzy sets, interval-valued fuzzy sets, type-2 fuzzy sets, intuitionistic fuzzy sets, interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets, hesitant fuzzy sets, interval-valued hesitant fuzzy sets, Pythagorean fuzzy sets, interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy sets, Z-numbers and D-numbers are expressed. Furthermore, several published papers in the case of the integrated fuzzy sets with MCDM methods in the manifold areas, such as green supplier selection, evaluation of supply chain resilience, facility location problem and weighting to experts are presented.

Speaker: Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam

Date/Time: 15:00 – 18:00PM, September 30, 2019

Location: Room D3307, Jiangjun Rd. Campus

Speaker Biography:
Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the College of Engineering, University of Tehran in Iran. He obtained his Ph.D., M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne (1998), University of Melbourne in Melbourne (1994), and Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran (1989), respectively. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Industrial Engineering published by the University of Tehran and the Editorial Board member of nine reputable academic journals. He is the recipient of the 2009 and 2011 Distinguished Researcher Awards and the 2010 and 2014 Distinguished Applied Research Awards at University of Tehran, Iran. He has been selected as the National Iranian Distinguished Researcher in 2008 and 2010 by the MSRT (Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology) in Iran. He has obtained the outstanding rank as the top 1% scientist and researcher in the world elite group since 2014. He received the Order of Academic Palms Award as a distinguished educator and scholar for the insignia of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the Ministry of National Education of France in 2019. He has published 4 books, 23 book chapters, and more than 1000 journal and conference papers.