Selection of Coal Transportation Company Based on Fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS Approach

Ziquan Xiang, Muhammad Hamza Naseem and Jiaqi Yang
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Ziquan Xiang: School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
Muhammad Hamza Naseem: School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
Jiaqi Yang: School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

Logistics, 2022, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: trapezoidal fuzzy set; transportation company; SWARA method; COPRAS method; multi-criteria decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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