Table 9.
Interval-valued MCDM methods with application fields
| MCDM method | Information representation | Categories | Industry of applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHP | FS | FS | Waste management system selection [91] |
| IVIFS | Enterprise ranking [111], Supplier selection [110] | ||
| IVPFS | Risk assessment in health sector [133] | ||
| IVTFS | Strategy selection for sustainable manufacturing [135] | ||
| IN | IN | Hydrogen technology competitiveness [169], Supplier selection [170], Desalination system selection [171], Earth dam risk identification [172], Open pit equipment selection [173] | |
| ARAS\PIPRCIA | FS | IVTFS | E-course selection [174] |
| COCOSO | IN | IN | Material selection [175], Supplier selection [176] |
| CODAS | FS | IVIFS | Investment [122], Hospital fire risk assessment [177] |
| IVHFS | Residential location site selection [99] | ||
| COPRAS | FS | IVIFS | Hospital service evaluation [112], Supplier selection [110] |
| IVPFS | Supplier selection [130] | ||
| IN | IN | Material selection [178] | |
| EDAS | FS | IVPFS | Car selection [129] |
| SS | IVSS | Economic policy selection [179] | |
| IN | IN | Bank ranking [180], Ranking of hydrogen production paths [181] | |
| ELECTRE | IN | IN | Hydrogen production paths [182], Structural system selection [183] |
| NS | INS | Selection of renewable energy alternatives [161] | |
| RS | IVRRV | Site selection [41] | |
| FS | IVFS | Cultural facility location [92] | |
| IVHFS | Selection of renewable energy alternatives [124] | ||
| PROMETHEE | LS | IVPLTS | Wind farm site selection [184] |
| IN | IN | Selection of travel plan [185], Supplier selection [170], Reliability allocation of mechanical products [186] | |
| GLDS | LS | IVDHHFLTS | Corporate performance [154] |
| GRA | FS | IVTFS | Evaluation of system analysis engineers [35] |
| IVFS | Garbage disposal solution [90], Site selection [187] | ||
| IVPFS | Safety risk assessment for a sustainable construction project [132] | ||
| IN | IN | Selection of energy systems [188], sustainability assessment of Polygeneration systems [189], Project assessment [190] | |
| MABAC | IN | IN | Evaluation of construction waste utilization schemes [167] |
| FS | IVIFS | Material selection [106] | |
| MULTIMOORA | FS | IVPFS | Selection of hospital open-source electronic health record systems in Ghana [128] |
| IVIFS | Revitalization of derelict and mismanaged buildings in Lithuanian rural areas [105] | ||
| IN | IN | Material selection [191], Hybrid vehicle engine selection [87] | |
| ORESTE | LS | IVLTS | Selection of innovative sharing bike design for “Mobike” sharing bikes [155] |
| QUALIFLEX | FS | IVHFS | Green supplier selection [125] |
| IVIFS | Selection of bridge construction method [192] | ||
| LS | IVPULTS | Robot selection [158] | |
| SPA | FS | IVIFS | Enterprise selection for corporate union [193] |
| TODIM | FS | IVHFS | Evaluation of the service quality among domestic airlines [80] |
| IVIFS | Supplier selection [116], Design of a large tonnage crawler crane [99], Selection of new machine [117], evaluation of community question-answering websites [113] | ||
| IVGFS | Healthcare device selection [43] | ||
| IN | IN | Location of urban photovoltaic charging station [194], supplier selection [82], Emergency decision of gas explosion [165], residential properties evaluation [195] | |
| WASPAS | FS | IVIFS | Investment [81], Supplier selection [103, 116], Enterprise selection [111] |
| IVHFS | Thermal energy storage technology [196] | ||
| NS | INS | Robot decision-making [160] | |
| TOPSIS | FS | IVIFS | Investment [75, 97, 98, 114] |
| Supplier selection [94, 100, 197] | |||
| Reliability evaluation of complex systems [96], selection of air conditioning system in a library [77], selection of shipping partner [95] | |||
| IVTFN | Assessment of property responsibility insurance companies [137], Assessment of construction labours’ safety level [136] | ||
| IVFFS | Investment [47] | ||
| IVSFS | Advertising strategy choices [46] | ||
| IVFS | Network selection [88], Waste management system selection [91] | ||
| IVTrFS | Robot selection [198], Network access selection [120] | ||
| IVHFS | Energy policy selection [74] | ||
| IN | IN | Supplier selection [199] | |
| Desalination system selection [171, 200], Polygeneration system ranking [189] | |||
| Hydropower project risk identification [172] | |||
| LS | IVILTS | Hot dry rock exploration and development location [151] | |
| SF | IVPFS | Health sector risk assessment [133], Construction worker safety [132], Hospital site selection [131] | |
| NS | INS | Student assessment [159], Investment [201] | |
| VIKOR | FS | IVIFS | Investment [114], Personnel assessment [107] |
| Supplier selection [121, 202] | |||
| IVTFN | Sustainable strategic selection [135], Insurance corporate performance [137], Mechanical failure detection [134] | ||
| IVPFS | Health sector risk assessment [133] | ||
| IVTrFS | Robot selection [198] | ||
| LS | IVPFLTS | Site selection problem for a manufacturer [157] | |
| IN | IN | Weapon system [203, 204], Energy system selection [205], Machine selection [206], Open pit equipment selection [173], Material selection [207], Bank performance [208] | |
| Programming | FS | IVIFS | Investment [139, 209] |
| Supplier selection [94, 210] | |||
| Bridge construction method [211], Telephone selection [212] | |||
| IVFS | Venture capital [213] | ||
| ER | IVER | Diesel generator performance evaluation [48] | |
| Score function and aggregation operators | FS | IVIFS | Supplier selection [214], Car selection [215], Investment [69, 79, 216, 217], Partner selection with collaborative innovation [218], Smash circuit design selection [219], Watershed site selection [220], Platform entrepreneurial orientation assessment [221] |
| IVFS | Medical decision-making [222] | ||
| IN | IN | Investment strategy selection for a bank [223], military UAV selection [224] | |
| LS | IVPLTS | Assessment of cloud vendors [156] | |
| IVILTS | Supplier selection [149], Investment [150] | ||
| IVHLS | Medical device selection [153] | ||
| IVPFLTS | Manufacturer site selection [157] |
Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS), PIvot Pairwise Relative Criteria Importance Assessment (PIPRECIA), COmbined COmpromise SOlution (CoCoSo), Evaluation based on Distance from the Average Solution (EDAS), Grey Relational Analysis (GRA), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), ORESTE (organísation, rangement et Synthèse de données relarionnelles, in French), QUALItative FLEXible multiple criteria method (QUALIFLEX), Set Pair Analysis (SPA); Interval-valued rough random variables (IVRRV), Interval-valued Pythagorean uncertain linguistic term set (IVPULTS)