Open AccessAPPLICATIONS OF FUZZY MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING: A STATE-OF-THE-ART SURVEY
Author(s) -
Zhi Wen,
Huchang Liao,
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,
Jurgita Antuchevičienė
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of civil engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1822-3605
pISSN - 1392-3730
DOI - 10.3846/jcem.2021.15252
Subject(s) - multiple criteria decision analysis , management science , field (mathematics) , fuzzy logic , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , state (computer science) , decision analysis , operations research , engineering , construction engineering , artificial intelligence , mathematics , algorithm , pure mathematics , statistics
A variety of fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) models have been proposed to solve complicated decision-making problems. Many applications have been achieved, especially in the field of civil engineering. To analyze the developments about the fuzzy MCDM methods and their applications in civil engineering in recent years and further explore the future research directions, this study conducts a state of the art survey in which 52 journal papers focusing on the applications of fuzzy MCDM models in civil engineering from 2016 to 2020 are reviewed. We respectively classify these articles according to research problems and research methods. Through the literature review, we get findings in terms of the most concerned decision-making problem, the most widely-used evaluation criterion and the most popular fuzzy MCDM model. Furthermore, we present four aspects of research challenges and corresponding future research directions in the field of civil engineering, which may be helpful for researchers and practitioners to further investigate.