A stochastic multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainable biomass crop selection

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 15-16, 2015, Pages 6065-6074

  Cobuloglu, Halil I ^a   Büyüktahtakin, I Esra ^a  

^a Wichita State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Biomass crop; Economic; Environmental and social factors; Multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA); Stochastic AHP; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CROP; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL FACTOR; STOCHASTIC AHP;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84929061561     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. T. Abbasi, and S.A. Abbasi Biomass energy and the environmental impacts associated with its production and utilization Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 14 3 2010 919 937
2. L. Abdullah, and N. Zulkifli Integration of fuzzy AHP and interval type-2 fuzzy DEMATEL: An application to human resource management Expert Systems with Applications 42 9 2015 4397 4409
3. L. Balezentiene, D. Streimikiene, and T. Balezentis Fuzzy decision support methodology for sustainable energy crop selection Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 17 2013 83 93
4. H. Blanco-Canqui Energy crops and their implications on soil and environment Agronomy Journal 102 2 2010 403 419
5. H. Cobuloglu, and Büyüktahtakin I.E. A mixed-integer optimization model for the economic and environmental analysis Biomass Bioenergy 67 C 2014 8 23
6. H.I. Cobuloglu, and I.E. BüyüktahtakIn Food vs biofuel: An optimization approach to the spatio-temporal analysis of land-use competition and environmental impacts Applied Energy 140 2015 418 434
7. X. Deng, Y. Hub, Y. Deng, and S. Mahadevan Supplier selection using AHP methodology extended by D numbers Expert Systems with Applications 41 1 2014 156 167
8. Discovery News. (2012). Top 10 sources for biofuel. Retrieved December 27, 2013, from News Discovery: < http://news.discovery.com/tech/alternative-power-sources/top-ten-sources-biofuel.htm >.
9. I. Durbach, R. Lahdelma, and P. Salminen The analytic hierarchy process with stochastic judgements European Journal of Operational Research 238 2 2014 552 559
10. Erickson, J., Rainbolt, C., & Newman, Y. (2012). Production of biofuel crops in Florida: Miscanthus. University of Florida Extension. Retrieved December 11, 2013, from < http://www.thebioenergysite.com/articles/62/production-of-biofuel-crops-in-florida-miscanthus >.
11. Frini, A. (2014). A multi-criteria multi-period approach for energy project selection in sustainable development context. In IEEE 2014 international conference on green energy (pp. 65-71).
12. B.L. Golden, and Q. Wang An alternate measure of consistency B.L. Golden, E.A. Wasil, P.T. Harker, The analytic hierarchy process: Applications and studies 1989 Springer-Verlag 68 81
13. J.C. Hartman, J.B. Nippert, R.A. Orozco, and C.J. Springer Potential ecological impacts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biofuel cultivation in the Central Great Plains, USA Biomass and Bioenergy 35 8 2011 3415 3421
14. E.R. Jalao, T. Wu, and D. Shunk A stochastic AHP decision making methodology for imprecise preferences Information Sciences 270 2014 192 203
15. D. Jato-Espino, J. Rodriguez-Hernandez, V.C. Andrés-Valeri, and F. Ballester-Muñoz A fuzzy stochastic multi-criteria model for the selection of urban pervious pavements Expert Systems with Applications 41 15 2014 6807 6817
16. Jensen, P. A. (2004). Continuous distributions. Retrieved August 1, 2014, from < https://www.me.utexas.edu/~jensen/ORMM/computation/unit/rvadd/continuous-dist/beta.html >.
17. M. Kabak, and M. Daʇdeviren Prioritization of renewable energy sources for Turkey by using a hybrid MCDM methodology Energy Conversion and Management 79 2014 25 33
18. S.R. Kaffka, M. Jenner, D. Wickizer, and R.B. Williams Economic, social, and environmental effects of current and near-term biomass use in California Policy 34 9 2006 1004 1014
19. H. Kahr, J. Wimberger, D. Schürz, and A. Jäger Evaluation of the biomass potential for the production of lignocellulosic bioethanol from various agricultural residues in Austria and Worldwide Energy Procedia 40 2013 146 155
20. C. Kahraman, and I. Kaya A fuzzy multi criteria methodology for selection among energy alternatives Expert Systems with Applications 37 9 2010 6270 6281
21. A.B. Kantas, H.I. Cobuloglu, and I.E. Büyüktahtakn Multi-source capacitated lot-sizing for economically viable and clean biofuel production Journal of Cleaner Production 1-14 2015 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.001
22. A.K. Kar Revisiting the supplier selection problem: An integrated approach for group decision support Expert Systems with Applications 41 6 2014 2762 2771
23. Kerman, J. (2011). A closed-form approximation for the median of the beta distribution. Retrieved June 10, 2014, from < http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.0433v1 >.
24. A.M. Lazarevska, N. Fischer, A. Haarstrick, and K. MüNnich Multi criteria decision making MCDM A conceptual approach to optimal landfill monitoring NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security 2009 85 96
25. Moller, R. M. (2005). Brief on biomass and cellulosic ethanol. (California Research Bureau) Retrieved January 5, 2013, from < http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/05/10/05-010.pdf >.
26. Newman, Y., Williams, M. J., Helsel, Z., & Vendramini, J. (2010). Production of biofuel crops in Florida: Switchgrass. University of Florida Extension. Retrieved December 5, 2013, from < http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ag296 >.
27. Y. Peng, G. Wang, and H. Wang User preferences based software defect detection algorithms selection using MCDM Information Sciences 191 2012 3 13
28. J. Rezaei, P.B. Fahim, and L. Tavasszy Supplier selection in the airline retail industry using a funnel methodology: Conjunctive screening method and fuzzy AHP Expert Systems with Applications 41 18 2014 8165 8179
29. B.D. Rouyendegh, and T.E. Erkan Selection of academic staff using the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP): A pilot study Technical Gazette 19 4 2012 923 929
30. T.L. Saaty A scaling method for priorities in hierarchical structures Journal of Mathematical Psychology 15 1977 57 68
31. S. Saelee, B. Paweewan, R. Tongpool, T. Witoon, J. Takada, and K. Manusboonpurmpool Biomass type selection for boilers using TOPSIS multi-criteria model International journal of Environmental Science and Development 5 2 2014 181 186
32. Sagisaka, M. (2008). Social aspects of biomass utilisation. In Sustainable biomass utilisation vision in East Asia (pp. 104-129). Chiba: ERIA Research.
33. D. Santchurn, K. Ramdoyal, M.G. Badaloo, and M.T. Labuschagne From sugar industry to cane industry: Evaluation and simultaneous selection of different types of high biomass canes Biomass and Bioenergy 61 2014 82 92
34. D. Streimikiene, T. Balezentis, I. Krisciukaitiene, and A. Balezentis Prioritizing sustainable electricity production technologies: MCDM approach Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 5 2012 3302 3311
35. E. Triantaphyllou, and S.H. Mann Using the analytic hierarchy process for decision making in engineering applications: Some challenges International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Applications and Practice 2 1 1995 35 44
36. M. Vaezi, M.M.M. Passandideh-Fard, and M. Charmchic On a methodology for selecting biomass materials for gasification purposes Fuel Processing Technology 98 2012 74 81
37. M. Van Dael, S. Van Passel, L. Pelkmans, R. Guisson, G. Swinnen, and E. Schreurs Determining potential locations for biomass valorization using a macro screening approach Biomass and Bioenergy 45 2012 175 186
38. P.J. Van Laarhoven, and W. Pedrycz A fuzzy extension of Saaty's priority theory Fuzzy Sets and Systems 11 1-3 1983 199 227
39. A. Yazdani-Chamzini, M.M. Fouladgar, E.K. Zavadskas, and S.H. Moini Selecting the optimal renewable energy using multi criteria decision making Journal of Business Economics and Management 14 5 2013 957 978
40. J. Zeng, M. An, and N.J. Smith Application of a fuzzy based decision making methodology to construction project risk assessment International Journal of Project Management 25 2007 589 600
41. J.R. Ziolkowska Optimizing biofuels production in an uncertain decision environment: Conventional vs. advanced technologies Applied Energy 114 2014 366 376