Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents recent advances in the theory and application of the Best-Worst Method (BWM). It includes selected papers from the Second International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2021), held in Delft, The Netherlands from 10-11 June, 2021, and provides valuable insights on why and how to use BWM in a diverse range of applications including health, energy, supply chain management, and engineering. The book highlights the use of BWM in different settings including single decision-making vs group decision-making, and complete information vs incomplete and uncertain situations. The papers gathered here will benefit academics and practitioners who are involved in multi-criteria decision-making and decision analysis.
Table of ContentsPreface.- The balancing role of Best and Worst in Best-Worst Method.- Hierarchical evaluation of criteria and alternatives within BWM: A Mon-te Carlo approach.- A two-step Best-Worst Method (BWM) and K-Means clustering recom-mender system framework.- A linguistic 2-tuple Best-Worst Method.- How does the entrepreneurship ecosystem contribute to the perfor-mance of entrepreneurial start-up firms?.- A multi-attribute decision-making to sustainable construction material selection: A Bayesian BWM-SAW hybrid model.- Risk assessment of passenger flow in an urban rail transit system: indi-cators, application, and analysis.- Bridge infrastructure resilience analysis against seismic hazard using Best-Worst Method.- A value-focused approach for the design of innovative logistics con-cepts: the case of off-peak pickup and delivery in the air cargo industry.- An Innovative digital maturity assessment model for smart cities.- Determining the importance of barriers to IoT implementation using Bayesian Best-Worst Method.- Assessment of environmental performance criteria in textile industry using the Best-Worst Method.
