scholarly journals Evaluation of the Challenges in the Internet of Medical Things with Multicriteria Decision Making (AHP and TOPSIS) to Overcome Its Obstruction under Fuzzy Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran Tariq ◽  
Natash Ali Mian ◽  
Abid Sohail ◽  
Tahir Alyas ◽  
Rehan Ahmad

The exponential speed of advancement of innovation has expanded the needs of all users to avail all their information on the Internet 24/7. The Internet of things (IoT) enables smart objects to develop a significant building block in the development of the pervasive framework. The messaging between objects with one another means the least work and least expense for the enterprise. The industry that intends to implement the Internet of medical things (IoMT) in its organizations is still facing difficulties. Recognition and solving of these challenges are a time-consuming task and also need significant expenses if not adequately evaluated and prioritized. The application of the Internet of things is covered in almost every area, including medical/healthcare. In this research, the authors investigated the factors dealing with the Internet of medical things. The outcome of this study is to prioritize the level of significance of the elements causing these challenges, evaluated through fuzzy logic and multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques like Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). It would be beneficial for enterprises to save time and revenue. The main criteria, as well as subcriteria, were determined after due consultation with the Internet of medical things experts. In this study, our goals are to figure out which criteria/factors create hurdles in the adoption of the Internet of medical things. Through the investigation, we figured out 20 criteria ought to be given more importance/preference by the industry that is in the transition phase of the Internet of medical things adoption. The enterprise, with the help of this study, will be enabled to accelerate that adoption by limiting time and fiscal misfortune.

Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran ◽  
Jawad Iqbal ◽  
Hassan Mujtaba Nawaz Saleem

The main objective of the chapter is to discuss the relationship between internet of things and knowledge management; knowledge management and open innovation; open innovation and SMEs sustainability. The relationship between the constructs developed and discuss on the behalf of past studies. The present chapter found that Internet of Things is playing an important role in knowledge generation and management, further, knowledge management is very important for open innovation environment in SMEs. Moreover, the open innovation sustains the SMEs performance. In respect of implications, the owner / managers of SMEs should consider the Internet of Things, knowledge management, and open innovation capabilities during the decision making for SME sustainability. Moreover, this is a process framework which brings the effect of one variable to other variables. However, the future studies should empirically validate the proposed research framework.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahzad Faizi ◽  
Tabasam Rashid ◽  
Sohail Zafar

In the modern literature related to linguistic decision-making, the 2-tuple linguistic representation model and its useful applications in various fields have been extensively studied and used during the last decade. Recently, some useful multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methods have been introduced based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for 2-tuple linguistic representation model. By keeping in mind the importance of this linguistic model, in this paper, we introduce a fuzzy AHP methodology for intuitionistic 2-tuple linguistic sets (I2TLSs) which is a useful extension of the 2-tuple linguistic representation model. This study is comprised of four stages. In the first stage, we define some operational laws for I2TL elements (I2TLEs) and prove some related important properties. In the second stage, intuitionistic 2-tuple linguistic preference relation (I2TLPR) and multiplicative I2TLPR are defined using I2TLSs. In the 3rd stage, a transformation mechanism is introduced which can transform an I2TLPR to a corresponding intuitionistic preference relation (IPR) and vice versa. In the fourth stage, an approach is proposed for checking the consistency of an I2TLPR and presented a method to repair the inconsistent one by using the proposed transformation mechanism. Finally, a numerical example is given and comparative analysis is carried out with the TOPSIS method to verify the validity of the proposed method.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ammar Alzarrad ◽  
Gary P. Moynihan ◽  
Muhammad T. Hatamleh ◽  
Siyuan Song

As is often the case in project scheduling, when the project duration is shortened to decrease total cost, the total float is lost resulting in added critical or nearly critical activities. This, in turn, results in decreasing the probability of completing the project on time and increases the risk of schedule delays. To solve this problem, this research developed a fuzzy multicriteria decision-making (FMCDM) model. The objective of this model is to help project managers improve their decisions regarding time-cost-risk trade-offs (TCRTO) in construction projects. In this model, an optimization algorithm based on fuzzy logic and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been used to analyze the time-cost-risk trade-off alternatives and select the best one based on selected criteria. The algorithm was implemented in the MATLAB software and applied to two case studies to verify and validate the presented model. The presented FMCDM model could help produce a more reliable schedule and mitigate the risk of projects running overbudget or behind schedule. Further, this model is a powerful decision-making instrument to help managers reduce uncertainties and improve the accuracy of time-cost-risk trade-offs. The presented FMCDM model employed fuzzy linguistic terms, which provide decision-makers with the opportunity to give their judgments as intervals comparing to fixed value judgments. In conclusion, the presented FMCDM model has high robustness, and it is an attractive alternative to the traditional methods to solve the time-cost-risk trade-off problem in construction.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawel Tadeusz Kazibudzki ◽  
Andrzej Z Grzybowski

Deriving true priority vectors from intuitive pairwise comparison matrices (PCMs) and consistency measurement of decision makers judgments about their genuine weights are crucial issues within the multicriteria decision making support methodology called Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The most popular procedure in the ranking process, constitutes the Right Eigenvector Method (REV). The inventor of the AHP convinces that as long as inconsistent PCMs are allowed in the AHP none of the other existing procedures qualify and the REV provides the only right solution in this process. The objective of this scientific paper is to examine if the former opinion can be considered as experimentally confirmed. For this purpose it was decided to apply Monte Carlo methodology. However, rather than simulate and analyze simulations results for a single PCM, as it has been done so far by many other authors, we decided to design and analyze computer simulations results for a singular model of the AHP framework. Our findings lead to inevitable conclusion that the REV cannot longer be perceived as a dominant procedure within the AHP methodology, especially when nonreciprocal PCMs are considered. It was verified empirically in our research that in the situation when nonreciprocal PCMs are considered the REV impoverishes the entire AHP methodology by its lack of PCMs inconsistency measure in such cases. Moreover, it provides less accurate rankings for a particular decision in comparison to other presented methods. It was also unequivocally verified that the enforced reciprocity of PCM leads directly to worse estimates of priorities weights. Altogether, it seems very important from the perspective of methodology supporting multicriteria decision making, the crucial process embedded in most of management activity. In the consequence, because the REV recedes other prioritization procedures available for the AHP methodology, it is advised to consider them instead, especially under some circumstances of an important and very tight managerial decisions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jie Du

As the economy grows rapidly and IoT technology advances rapidly, the logistics industry as a service industry is growing rapidly around the world. The logistics industry, meanwhile, is the one that can best play the role of IoT. The rapid development of the logistics industry has brought great competition challenges to the logistics industry. To solve the competitive problems of the logistics industry cluster, this article introduces the research on the upgrade path and strategy of the logistics industry cluster based on the Internet of Things and uses the analytic hierarchy process, investigation method, and expert evaluation method to build the IoT technology information model and logistics cost. According to the established optimization model, the following are proposed: analyzing the problems existing in the logistics industry cluster, giving an upgrade path from the four aspects of manufacturing, technology, structure, and service, and giving specific strategic suggestions from the aspects of talents and enterprises. The accuracy rate of current analysis is as high as 90%, and the implementation rate of upgrade paths and strategy recommendations is as high as 95%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Anuja Shaktawat ◽  
Shelly Vadhera

Assessment of hydropower projects with respect to sustainability criteria is a multidimensional and complex issue. It requires considering technical, environmental, and social parameters instead of purely economic ones in decision making for energy planning. The flexibility to consider several criteria and objectives simultaneously leads to the use of multicriteria decision making (MCDM) methods which are well accepted in the field of energy planning. This paper aims at applying MCDM methods in facilitating the decision makers to select the most sustainable hydropower projects in the Indian region by making real and logical choices based on eight important criteria selected from the literature that are compatible with sustainable development. To comprehensively rank hydropower projects three MCDM methods are applied i.e., the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE II), and elimination and choice translating reality (ELECTRE III). Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used to calculate the weights of criteria. All three methods are well adapted for sustainability assessment and ranked Sharavathi (A9), Bhakra (A2), and Upper Indravati (A13) to be the most sustainable hydropower projects in India under the selected criteria. The study will be helpful in sustainable energy planning of hydropower projects with similar geographical conditions.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Zyrianoff ◽  
Fabrizio Borelli ◽  
Alexandre Heideker ◽  
Gabriela Biondi ◽  
Carlos Kamienski

Context-Aware Management Systems have been proposed in the last years to perform automatic decision making for the Internet of Things. Although scalability is an indispensable feature for those systems, there are no comprehensive results reporting their performance. This paper shows results of a performance analysis study of different context-aware architectures and introduces the SenSE platform for generating sensor synthetic data. Results show that different architectural choices impact system scalability and that automatic real time decision-making is feasible in an environment composed of dozens of thousands of sensors that continuously transmit data.


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