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Proportional hesitant 2-tuple linguistic distance measurements and extended VIKOR method: Case study of evaluation and selection of green airport plans

  • Sheng-Hua Xiong
  • , Zhen-Song Chen*
  • , Francisco Chiclana
  • , Kwai-Sang Chin
  • , Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
  • *Corresponding author for this work

    Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

    Abstract

    Building green airports can be regarded as among the most promising routes to sustainable development of ecosystems and human health. This study aims at addressing the problem of green airport plan selection under an uncertain context by developing an uncertain multiattribute group decision making (MAGDM) model. In the proposed model, the assessment information is characterized in the form of a proportional hesitant 2-tuple linguistic term set (PH2TLTS), which incorporates in binary form linguistic information that can accurately quantify subjective assessment information provided under uncertainty. The weights of assessment attributes of green airport plans are obtained automatically through a nonlinear programming model, which enhances the robustness of the decision-making method. Subsequently, on the basis of PH2TLTSs, three distance measures are proposed: the proportional hesitant 2-tuple linguistic Jaccard distance (PH2TLJD), the supplementary proportional hesitant 2-tuple linguistic normalized Minkowski distance (SPH2TLNMD) and the cluster-based proportional hesitant 2-tuple linguistic normalized Minkowski distance (CBPH2TLNMD). The TOPSIS-based comparison method proposed here can better determine the priorities of PH2TLTSs. The ranking and selection of green airport plans are derived using the PH2TL-VIKOR model. Finally, a case study accompanied by sensitivity and comparative analyses is performed to verify the rationality and feasibility of the proposed model.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4113-4162
    Number of pages50
    JournalInternational Journal of Intelligent Systems
    Volume37
    Issue number7
    Online published21 Oct 2021
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2022

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
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    Research Keywords

    • distance measurement
    • green airport plan selection
    • MAGDM
    • proportional hesitant 2-tuple linguistic term set
    • VIKOR

    RGC Funding Information

    • RGC-funded

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