Comprehensive Evaluation of Land Reclamation Schemes in Mining Area based on Linguistic Intuitionistic Fuzzy Group Decision Making

Mine geological environment protection and land reclamation schemes are the core requirements for mining right application, which play an important role in regulating mining activities and supervising mining enterprises to fulfill their obligations of mine reclamation. In order to give full play to the guidance function of the schemes, provide reference for the compilation and review of the schemes, this paper attempts to make comprehensive evaluation of land reclamation schemes in mining area with multi-attribute group decision making method. First, linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy numbers are utilized to describe the evaluation information. Considering the authority and preference attitude of experts, the determination methods of expert weights in four cases are established. Then max-min deviation method is used to determine the attribute weights. Thereafter, a method for Linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy group decision making problem is proposed. Finally, the practicability of this method is verified by land reclamation schemes of four mining areas in Sichuan Province and comparative analysis is made. The research results show that the evaluation process of this method is simple and effective, so it can be reasonably applied to compile and review of land reclamation schemes.

Distribution Linguistic Fuzzy Group Decision Making Based on Consistency and Consensus Analysis

The development of distribution linguistic provides a new research idea for linguistic information group decision-making (GDM) problems, which is more flexible and convenient for experts to express their opinions. However, in the process of using distribution linguistic fuzzy preference relations (DLFPRs) to solve linguistic information GDM problems, there are few studies that pay attention to both internal consistency adjustment and external consensus of experts. Therefore, this study proposes a fresh decision support model based on consistency adjustment algorithm and consensus adjustment algorithm to solve GDM problems with distribution linguistic data. Firstly, we review the concept of DLFPRs to describe the fuzzy linguistic evaluation information, and then we present the multiplicative consistency of DLFPRs and a new consistency measurement method based on the distance, and investigate the consistency adjustment algorithm to ameliorate the consistency level of DLFPRs. Subsequently, the consensus degree measurement is carried out, and a new consensus degree calculation method is put forward. At the same time, the consensus degree adjustment is taken the expert cost into account to make it reach the predetermined level. Finally, a distribution linguistic fuzzy group decision making (DLFGDM) method is designed to integrate the evaluation linguistic elements and obtain the final evaluation information. A case of the evaluation of China’s state-owned enterprise equity incentive model is provided, and the validity and superiority of the proposed method are performed by comparative analysis.

Contingency Response Decision of Network Public Opinion Emergencies based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy and Preference Information of Decision Makers

A multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method based on intuitionistic fuzzy preference information is proposed for the multi-attribute intuitionistic fuzzy group decision-making problem where the decision-makers weight and attribute weight are completely unknown and the decision-maker has preference information for the scheme. Firstly, an intuitionistic fuzzy interval judgment matrix is established to describe the original data of the key decision indicators for multiple network public opinion emergencies that erupt simultaneously. Secondly, the attribute weights are determined based on the improved intuitionistic fuzzy entropy construction method, and the expert weights are determined by using objective decision information, taking into account the intuitionistic fuzzy entropy of decision matrix. Thirdly, a scheme preference model and an attribute weight optimization model are established to determine the ranking method of intuitionistic fuzzy interval values. Then, an improved intuitionistic fuzzy number distance measure is introduced to make the evaluation result more accurate and reasonable when it comes to solving the deviation between the evaluation value and ideal solution of each scheme. Finally, the effectiveness and practicability of the proposed decision-making method are verified by an example of emergency crisis severity, which improves the efficiency of emergency treatment, helps emergency departments to better deal with the network public opinion crisis, improves the ability of public opinion guidance and control, and provides a new method and idea for multi-attribute intuitionistic fuzzy group decision-making problem.

Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework

Blockchain technology has received wide attention during recent years, and has huge potential to transform and improve supply chain management. However, its implementation in the SSCM (Sustainable Supply Chain Management) strategy is sophisticated, and the challenges are not explored very well, especially in the Moroccan context. To this end, the chief objective of the current endeavor is to investigate the barriers that hinder the adoption of blockchain technology in SSCM from the Moroccan industry and service sectors’ perspective. Based on a comprehensive literature search and the use of experts’ viewpoints, the barriers affecting the successful implementation of blockchain are classified into three categories called TEO: technological and system, environmental, and intra-organizational dimensions. In this context, a fuzzy group decision-making framework is organized by combining DEMATEL (Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) and IFAHP (Intuitionistic Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process). The IFAHP technique helps to determine the importance/priorities of barriers affecting blockchain adoption, while the DEMATEL technique forms the cause–effect interconnections between these barriers and classifies them concerning the degree of importance and relationships. The results reveal that ‘government policy and support’ and ‘challenges in integrating sustainable practices and blockchain technology through SCM’ are significant adoption barriers of blockchain in Moroccan SSCM. The proposed solution can support industrial decision makers to form flexible short- and long-term decision-making strategies to efficiently manage a sustainable supply chain.