Determination of objective weights using a new method based on the removal effects of criteria (MEREC)

M Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, M Amiri, EK Zavadskas… - Symmetry, 2021 - mdpi.com
The weights of criteria in multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems are essential
elements that can significantly affect the results. Accordingly, researchers developed and …

A review on marine economics and management: How to exploit the ocean well

S Wang, W Li, L Xing - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the objective of establishing methods for high-quality marine development and effective
marine management, this review focuses on four dimensions of marine development …

Developing an interplay among the psychological barriers for the adoption of industry 4.0 phenomenon

A Mahmood, A Arshad Ali, M Nazam, M Nazim - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This research aims to identify, rank, and create an interplay among the psychological
barriers to adopting Industry 4.0 technologies in the manufacturing sector. A comprehensive …

Comprehensive sustainability assessment and multi-objective optimization of a novel renewable energy driven multi-energy supply system

L Liu, R Zhai, Y Xu, Y Hu, S Liu, L Yang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The pressing challenge of over-reliance on fossil fuels and the resultant greenhouse gas
emissions necessitates innovative solutions in the energy sector. Addressing this, our study …

A multi-criteria decision-making framework for electric vehicle supplier selection of government agencies and public bodies in China

Q Wei, C Zhou - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Electric vehicle deployment shows promising potentials in promoting cleaner energy
utilization and reducing carbon emission. Due to increasing carbon neutral pressure and …

Ecological security evaluation and early warning in the water source area of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project

K Sun, W He, Y Shen, T Yan, C Liu, Z Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological security has important influence on regional sustainable development. The
ecological security of Nanyang, the water source area of the Middle Route of South-to-North …

Sustainability evaluation of the provincial water-energy-food nexus in China: Evolutions, obstacles, and response strategies

XY Qian, QM Liang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantifying progress toward the water-energy-food nexus sustainability is essential to
promote resource management and sustainable development goals (SDGs). However …

Sustainable development in marine economy: Assessing carrying capacity of Shandong province in China

J Sun, J Miao, H Mu, J Xu, N Zhai - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The sustainable development of the marine economy has drawn increasing attention from
all the countries of the world. This paper proposes a marine ecological carrying capacity …

A comprehensive star rating approach for cruise ships based on interactive group decision making with personalized individual semantics

M Cao, Y Liu, T Gai, M Zhou, H Fujita, J Wu - Journal of Marine Science …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article proposes a comprehensive star rating approach for cruise ships by the
combination of subject and objective evaluation. To do that, it firstly established a index …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological efficiency evaluation of marine ranching based on the Super-SBM model: A case study of Shandong

YW Du, J Jiang, CH Li - Ecological indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the efficiency level of marine ranching in the process of ecological
management and the balance between the economy and ecology, we proposed a …