scholarly journals A GIS-Based AHP Approach for Emergency Warehouse Site Selection: A Case Close to Turkey-Syria Border

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cihan ÇETİNKAYA ◽  
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Eren ÖZCEYLAN ◽  
İlhan KESER ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Border City ◽  
Scenario Analyses ◽  
Hybrid Solution ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Although the term “disaster” includes natural events like earthquake, flood and drought, it also covers; the wars, intense migration waves, industrial accidents and even epidemic diseases. In recent years, the number and severity of both natural and man-made disasters has been increasing. In this context Gaziantep –the border city of Turkey to Syria- is facing many logistical problems because of the crisis in the region that has a broad repercussion in press. In addition, the corona virus pandemic increased the supply traffic in the region. The region is in need for many emergency warehouses to store the emergency supplies and send to the needy. Thus, a three step hybrid solution method is developed to solve this real life problem. The first stage is the determination of selection criteria; secondly the spatial database is created by using a Geographical Information System (GIS). Then, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique is applied to assign the importance levels to the selection criteria to generate the suitability map to choose the most appropriate emergency warehouse site selection in Gaziantep. Additionally, scenario analyses are conducted to understand the effects of importance levels on the problem results. As a result, 1.3% of the study area is determined as “quite suitable” for establishing an emergency warehouse.

scholarly journals Model for Industrial Site Selection towards a More Sustainable Dammam Metropolitan Area: Experts-Based Analytic Hierarchy Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Faez S. Al-Shihri Faez S. Al-Shihri
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Industrial Site ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
Priority Weights ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Suitable Location

Industrial site selection is the process of choosing the most suitable location(s) that meets the desired requirements set by the selection criteria. Siting an industry is a major long-term investment. In this sense, selection of the most suitable location is imperative in satisfying the social, economic, environmental, and sustainability requirements. Identifying the most suitable site(s) with desired requirements defined by the selection criteria is basically one of the key objectives of industrial site selection. The majority of the data used by managers and decision makers in industrial site selection are geographically related, which denotes the industrial site selection process to be a spatial decision issue. Therefore, this study employed Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model to evaluate the location suitability of the existing industries Dammam Metropolitan Area (DMA) based on a number of decision criteria used in selecting the most suitable industrial sites. Priority weights were calculated after ranking each criterion using the Saaty’s 9 point scale of preference by the experts. Weights were calculated and further normalized through the AHP. The findings of the survey have been used to evaluate the existing and approved industrial sites in DMA. The study have reached an important conclusion and recommendations with regards to the existing and approved industrial sites in DMA.

A grey approach to site selection for nursing homes: An extension of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yun Fan ◽  
Zhigeng Fang ◽  
Sifeng Liu ◽  
Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Layer System ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Grey Number ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The construction of more nursing homes has become one of the most needed pension services in China, and the issue of site selection is one of the most important steps in their construction. The problem of site selection for nursing homes is a complex system engineering problem that involves not only economic interests but also social interests. Due to the limitations of human thinking in the evaluation process, the evaluation value of a nursing home site might be an interval grey number. Moreover, the evaluation indicator system for nursing home locations is a two-layer system that has been neglected in the literature. Therefore, the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process is extended to a new grey approach, i.e., the grey analytic hierarchy process, which can solve the evaluation problems for a two-layer indicator system under an interval grey environment. By constructing a three-point interval grey number, grey evaluation criteria are given to obtain a judgment matrix for interval grey numbers. Definitions of the initial weights, nongreyness weights and integrated weights are proposed to find the best evaluation object. Finally, the effectiveness of the method proposed by this paper is verified by comparative analyses of other grey methods.

scholarly journals The evaluation and enhancement of quality, environmental protection and safety in seaports

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danijela Tadic ◽  
Aleksandar Aleksic ◽  
Pavle Popovic ◽  
Slavko Arsovski ◽  
Ana Castelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Decision Variables ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Fuzzy Group Decision Making ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Abstract. The evaluation and enhancement of business processes in any organization in an uncertain environment presents one of the main requirements of ISO 9000:2008, and has a key effect on competitive advantage and long-term sustainability. The aim of this paper can be defined as the identification and discussion of some of the most important business processes of seaports, and the performances of business processes and their key performance indicators (KPIs). The complexity and importance of the treated problem calls for analytic methods rather than intuitive decisions. The existing decision variables of the considered problem are described by linguistic expressions which are modelled by triangular fuzzy numbers (TFNs). In this paper, the modified fuzzy extended analytic hierarchy process (MFAHP) is proposed. The assessment of the relative importance of each pair of performances and their KPIs are stated as a fuzzy group decision making problem. By using MFAHP, the fuzzy rank of business processes of a seaport is obtained. The model is verified through an illustrative example with real life data, where the obtained data suggest measures which should enhance business strategy and improve KPIs. The future improvement is based on benchmark and knowledge sharing.

Decision-Making Model for Convention Site Selection

2012 ◽  
Vol 538-541 ◽  
pp. 895-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Chen Huang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
City Image ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Hierarchy Process

A number of factors must be considered when selecting a convention site. Typically, most selections are based on the decision makers’ knowledge and experience, which may lead to biased decisions based on the decision makers’ subjective judgment. This study establishes decision-making evaluation factors and attributes for convention site selection based on a literature review. After surveying experts’ opinions using questionnaires, we employed the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) to analyze the weighting of the factors and attributes. The results show that of the five evaluation factors, site environment is the most important, followed by meeting and accommodation facilities, local support, extraconference opportunities, and costs. Additionally, the five most important attributes among the 20 evaluation attributes are the suitability of convention facilities, suitability and quality of local infrastructure, climate, city image, and political conflict or terrorist threats.

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