System Dynamics Modeling and Fuzzy MCDM Approach as Support for Assessment of Sustainability Management on the Example of Transport Sector Company

Shohreh Moradi, Grzegorz Sierpiński and Houshmand Masoumi
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Shohreh Moradi: Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Grzegorz Sierpiński: Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Houshmand Masoumi: Center for Technology and Society, Technische Universität Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104, 10553 Berlin, Germany

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-27

Abstract: Contemporary challenges for development should involve a sustainable approach. One of the important sectors where such challenges are observed is transport. In a wide range of studies addressing environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, an approach that combines these dimensions as an integrated technique to assess sustainable development of passenger rail transport organizations is still lacking. The first aim of the presented research is to offer a relatively comprehensive collection of railway sustainability indicators as well as a novel causal loop. The second aim is to assess and improve sustainable management using a case study of a passenger rail transport company. To model the relationships inside and around the transport company, the system dynamics (SD) methodology was chosen, being the primary contribution of the study. Additionally, the Fuzzy-TOPSIS logic is required to find the most appropriate scenarios that may change future strategies by making them more socially and environmentally friendly. The proposed research may support experts in assessing sustainability management in transport companies and improve their performance considerably.

Keywords: system dynamics; MCDM; Fuzzy-TOPSIS; environmental impact; sustainable management; sustainable transport; energy consumption; triple bottom line (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: 2022
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