Selection of coal transportation company based on fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS approach

Ziquan Xiang, Muhammad Hamza Naseem and Jiaqi Yang

Background: Coal production and marketing enterprises can significantly reduce transportation costs and improve their competitiveness by choosing appropriate road transportation companies. Methods: Based on this, a trapezoidal fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS method is proposed to select coal transportation companies. The trapezoidal fuzzy SWARA method is used to determine the index weight of coal transportation companies. The ranking of coal transportation companies is determined using the trapezoidal fuzzy COPRAS method. Results: Taking a coal production and marketing enterprise in Hubei, China as an example, the application of the trapezoidal fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS method is illustrated, and the coal transportation companies are sorted and analyzed for sensitivity. Conclusions: Compared with the results of other methods, the effectiveness and practicability of the trapezoidal fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS method are verified.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Xiang, Ziquan ; Naseem, Muhammad Hamza ; Yang, Jiaqi
Published in:	Logistics. - Basel : MDPI AG, ISSN 2305-6290, ZDB-ID 2908937-2. - Vol. 6.2022, 1, Art.-No. 7, p. 1-15
Subject:	COPRAS method \| multi-criteria decision making \| SWARA method \| transportation company \| trapezoidal fuzzy set \| Fuzzy-Set-Theorie \| Fuzzy sets \| Multikriterielle Entscheidungsanalyse \| Multi-criteria analysis

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.3390/logistics6010007 [DOI] hdl:10419/310220 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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