Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Approach (FMADM) in the Site Selection of Container Yard Terminal
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This study applied the Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision-Making Method (FMADM) to integrate the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy Scoring, and Simple Additive Weight (SAW) together in order to determine the weights of the important factors behind the site selection of the container yard terminal. The study showed that the experts gave the highest weight to the engineering factor (0.490), followed by the economic factor, with the weight of 0.325 whereas the environmental factor was given the lowest weight of 0.185. The demand for transportation of goods was the second highest factor in terms of engineering, with the weight given at 0.212. When the scores were calculated by considering the characteristics of the location of containers yard against the factor weights, it could be concluded that the new Nongkhai Station in Nongkhai Province and Thung Pho Station in Surat Thani Province are the stations that have the highest potentialities to be proposed as the first priorities for the construction of the container yard terminal; with the weights of 0.799 and 0.781, respectively.
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