Performance Evaluation of Green Mine Using a Combined Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method With Picture Fuzzy Information

The construction of Green Mine has become an essential policy for the management of mineral resources in China. This study aims to propose a favorable approach to assess the performance of Green Mine. The evaluation criteria are recognized based on the specific characteristics of Green Mine. Conside...

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Published in:IEEE access 2019, Vol.7, p.174139-174154
Main Authors: Liang, Wei-Zhang, Dai, Bing, Zhao, Guo-Yan, Wu, Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
Entropy
Fuzzy logic
Fuzzy sets
Green Mine
Green products
Industries
Mineral resources
multi-criteria decision making (MCDM)
Multiple criteria decision making
Multiple criterion
Parameter sensitivity
Performance evaluation
picture fuzzy information
Real numbers
Resource management
Safety
Sensitivity analysis
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Summary:The construction of Green Mine has become an essential policy for the management of mineral resources in China. This study aims to propose a favorable approach to assess the performance of Green Mine. The evaluation criteria are recognized based on the specific characteristics of Green Mine. Considering that some of these criteria could not be mutually compensated, a novel multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method is presented. It integrates the TODIM (an acronym in Portuguese of interactive and multi-criteria decision-making) method with the elimination and choice translating reality (ELECTRE) method in a picture fuzzy environment. In most existent methods, the evaluation information of Green Mine is described by real numbers. However, in this study, picture fuzzy numbers (PFNs) are first used to express such information to effectively indicate the uncertainty and fuzziness in the evaluation process. Another innovation is that the entropy weights model and the best-worst method (BWM) are combined to determine the comprehensive criteria weights. The practicability and advantages of the proposed method are verified by a case study and a comparative analysis with other methods. In addition, the influences of some parameters are discussed using sensitivity analysis to judge the flexibility and robustness of the proposed method. The results show that the proposed approach is feasible for solving the non-compensatory problems of evaluation criteria and can provide references for the performance evaluation and management of Green Mine.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2957012