Integration of simulation and fuzzy multi-attribute decision making for modelling and assessment of fuzzy parameters

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-502

  Azadeh, Ali ^a   Seifoory, Maryam ^a   Abbasi, Morteza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Production planning; Reconfigurable manufacturing system; Stochastic demands; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; MANUFACTURE; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TABU SEARCH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONSTANT WORK IN PROCESS; DECISION CRITERIONS; FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKINGS; PRODUCTION PLANNING; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 77958034067     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2010.036029     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. AbouRizk, S.M. and Halpin, D.W.(1998) 'Statistical properties of construction duration data', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp.525-544.
2. Al-Najjar, B. and Alsyouf, I. (2003) 'Selecting the most efficient maintenance approach using fuzzy multiple criteria decision making', Int. J. Production Economics, Vol. 84, pp.85-100.
3. Aouam, T., Chang, S.I. and Lee, E.S. (2003) 'Fuzzy MADM: an outranking method', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 145, No. 2, pp.317-328.
4. Bellman, R.E. and Zadeh, L.A.(1970) 'Decision making in a fuzzy environment', Management Science, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp.141-164.
5. Brans, J.P. and Vincke Ph. (1985) 'A preference ranking organization method: the PROMETHEE method', Management Science, Vol. 31, pp.647-656.
6. Buckley, J.J. (2005) Simulating Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 171, Germany: Springer.
7. Chang, Y.H. and Yeh, C.H. (2004) 'A new airline safety index', Transportation Research Part B, Vol. 38, pp. 369-383.
8. Chen, C.T., Lin, C.T. and Huang S.F. (2006) 'A fuzzy approach for supplier evaluation and selection in supply chain management', Int. J. Production Economics, Vol. 102, pp.289-301
9. Cochran, J.K. and Chen H.N. (2005) 'Fuzzy multi-criteria selection of object-oriented simulation software for production system analysis', Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 32, pp.153-168.
10. Dassisti, M. and Galantucci, L.M. (2005) 'Pseudo-fuzzy discrete-event simulation for on-line production control', Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 49, pp.266-286.
11. Deng, J.L. (1982) 'Control problems of grey systems', Systems and Controls Letters, Vol. 5, pp.288-294.
12. Kahraman, C., Cebeci, U. and Ruan, D. (2004) 'Multi-attribute comparison of catering service companies using fuzzy AHP: the case of Turkey', International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 87, pp.171-184.
13. Fente, J., Schexnayder, C. and Knutson, K. (2000) 'Defining a probability distribution function for construction simulation', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, pp.234-241.
14. Fishwick, PA. (1991) 'Fuzzy simulation: specifying and identifying qualitative models', Int. J. General Systems, Vol. 19, pp.295-316.
15. Klein, R.W. and Baris, P.M. (1990) Selecting and Generating Varieties for Modeling Service Times, Res. Egham, Surrey, England, UK: HOCUS, P.E. Group.
16. Larichev, O.I., Moshkovich, H.M. and ZAPROS (1991) A Method and System for Ordering Multi Attribute Alternatives on the Base of a Decision-Makers Preferences, Moscow: All-Union Research Institute for System Studies.
17. Law, A.M. and Kelton, W.D. (1991) Simulation Modeling and Analysis, New York: McGraw-Hill.
18. Li, D. (2005) 'Multiattribute decision making models and methods using intuitionistic fuzzy sets', Journal of Computer and System Science, Vol. 70, pp.73-85.
19. Maio, C., Schexnayder, C., Knutson, K. and Weber, S.(2000) 'Probability distribution function for construction simulation', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 4, pp.285-292.
20. Nasution, S.H. (1999) 'Techniques and applications of fuzzy theory to critical path method', Fuzzy Theory Systems, Vol. 4, pp.1561-1597.
21. Negi, D.S. and Lee, E.S. (1992) 'Analysis and simulation of fuzzy queues', Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 46, pp.321-330.
22. Persson, K. and Olhager, J. (2002) 'Performance simulation of supply chain designs', Int. J. Production Economics, Vol. 77, pp.231-245.
23. Petrovic, D., Roy, R. and Petrovic, R. (1998) 'Modeling and simulation of a supply chain in an uncertain environment', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 109, pp.299-309.
24. Pritsker, A.A.B., O'Reilly, J.J. and LaVal, D.K. (1997) Simulation with visual SLAM and Awesim, New York: Wiley.
25. Roy, B. (1978), 'ELECTRE III: Un algorithme de classement fonde sur une representation .oue des preferences en presence de criteres multiple', Cahiers du Centre Etudes Recherche Operationelle, Vol. 20, pp.3-24.
26. Saaty, T.L. (1990), 'How to make a decision: the analytic hierarchy process', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 48, pp.426-447.
27. Sheu, J.B. (2004), 'A hybrid fuzzy-based approach for identifying global logistics strategies'. Transportation Research Part E, Vol. 40, pp. 39-61
28. Touran, A. (1997) 'Probabilistic model for tunneling project using Markov Chain', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp.444-449.
29. Wang, L., Chu, J. and Wu, J. (2007) 'Selection of optimum maintenance strategies based on a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process', Int. J. Production Economics, Vol. 107, pp.151-163.
30. Yeh, C.H., Deng, H. and Chang, Y.H. (2000), 'Fuzzy multi criteria analysis for performance evaluation of bus companies', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 126, pp.459-473.
31. Yang, T. and Hung, C.C. (2007) 'Multiple attribute decision making methods for plant layout design problem', Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 23, pp. 126-137.
32. Zaras, K. (2004) 'Rough approximation of a preference relation by a multi-attribute dominance for deterministic, stochastic and fuzzy decision problems', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 159, pp. 196-206.
33. Zhang, H., Tarn, C.M. and Shi, J. (2003) 'Application of fuzzy logic to simulation for construction operations', Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp.38-45.
34. Zhang, H.A., Tamb, C.M. and Heng, L. (2005) 'Modeling uncertain activity duration by fuzzy number and discrete-event simulation', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 164, pp.715-729.