A novel spherical fuzzy AHP-integrated spherical WASPAS methodology for petrol station location selection problem: a real case study for Istanbul

Ayyildiz E., Taşkın Gümüş A.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, vol.27, no.29, pp.36109-36120, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 29
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11356-020-09640-0
  • Journal Name: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.36109-36120
  • Keywords: Location selection, Petrol station, Spherical fuzzy, AHP, WASPAS, NETWORK PROCESS APPROACH, LANDFILL SITE SELECTION, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, DECISION-MAKING, TOPSIS, SIMULATION, MODEL
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The petrol station location selection problem is taken into consideration in this study. In order to identify the main and sub-criteria for evaluation, the literature is reviewed and five experts from different companies are interviewed. After that, thirteen different alternative locations are for specified to evaluation. Then, the novel spherical fuzzy AHP-integrated spherical WASPAS methodology is structured in a fuzzy environment, and the petrol station location selection problem is evaluated with this methodology. In this study, a real application is presented for Istanbul to show the applicability of the proposed methodology. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis is performed to explain and analyze the proposed methodology results. Finally, the results are presented and discussed with future directions.