A Novel Approach for the Selection of Power-Generation Technology Using a Linguistic Neutrosophic CODAS Method: A Case Study in Libya

Dragan Pamučar, Ibrahim Badi, Korica Sanja and Radojko Obradović
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Dragan Pamučar: University of Defence in Belgrade, Military Academy, Department of Logistics, Pavla Jurisica Sturma 33, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Ibrahim Badi: University of Misurata, Faculty of Engineering, Misurata 999116, Libya
Korica Sanja: University Union—Nikola Tesla, Faculty for Ecology and Environmental Protection, Cara Dušana 62-64, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Radojko Obradović: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-25

Abstract: Rapid increases in energy demand and international drive to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels have led many oil-rich countries to diversify their energy portfolio and resources. Libya is one of these countries, and it has recently become interested in utilizing its renewable-energy resources in order to reduce financial and energy dependency on oil reserves. This paper introduces an original multicriteria decision-making Pairwise-CODAS model in which the modification of the CODAS method was made using Linguistic Neutrosophic Numbers (LNN). The paper also suggests a new LNN Pairwise (LNN PW) model for determining the weight coefficients of the criteria developed by the authors. By integrating these models with linguistic neutrosophic numbers, it was shown that it is possible to a significant extent to eliminate subjective qualitative assessments and assumptions by decision makers in complex decision-making conditions. The LNN PW-CODAS model was tested and validated in a case study of the selection of optimal Power-Generation Technology (PGT) in Libya. Testing of the model showed that the proposed model based on linguistic neutrosophic numbers provides objective expert evaluation by eliminating subjective assessments when determining the numerical values of criteria. A sensitivity analysis of the LNN PW-CODAS model, carried out through 68 scenarios of changes in the weight coefficients, showed a high degree of stability of the solutions obtained in the ranking of the alternatives. The results were validated by comparison with LNN extensions of four multicriteria decision-making models.

Keywords: linguistic neutrosophic numbers; CODAS; multicriteria decision-making; power generation technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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