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Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a challenging issue of urban development in developing countries. Each country having different socio-economic-environmental background might not accept a particular disposal method as the optimal choice. Selection of appropriate disposal method of MSW under vague and imprecise information usually considered and solved as a multicriteria decision-making problem (MCDM). In the present paper, Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methodology is extended based on credibility theory for evaluating the performances of MSW disposal methods against some criteria fixed by experts. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the usefulness of our proposed model. From the final outcomes, decision makers can recommend the preferable choice for MSW disposal methodologies for their municipal area. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to verify the robustness of our proposed model.
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Roy, J., Adhikary, K., Kar, S. (2019). Credibilistic TOPSIS Model for Evaluation and Selection of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Methods. In: Kalamdhad, A., Singh, J., Dhamodharan, K. (eds) Advances in Waste Management . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0215-2_17
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