A Literature Review of Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for Facility Location Selection
Keywords:
Location selection, Site selection, Facility, Literature review, Multi-criteria decision-making, ConstructionAbstract
Determining the optimal facility location presents a complex challenge that has received substantial scholarly attention in recent decades. Researchers have applied a range of techniques to address this issue across diverse facility location scenarios. Multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) has emerged as a key approach for evaluating and selecting optimal alternatives. This review examines the application of MCDM methods in facility location selection. A total of 54 articles were identified through online journal database searches and categorized by author, publication year, addressed problem, applied methods, and application area. The findings indicate that facility location selection is well-suited to MCDM approaches. The most frequently utilized methods include the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), Fuzzy AHP, Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE), and Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS). Furthermore, the integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with MCDM methods is prevalent in facility site selection.
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