Decision Support Technique Based on Neutrosophic Yager Aggregation Operators: Application in Solar Power Plant Locations—Case Study of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Shabeer Khan, Saleem Abdullah, Shahzaib Ashraf, Ronnason Chinram and Samruam Baupradist

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2020, vol. 2020, 1-21

Abstract:

The problem of energy crisis and environmental pollution has been mitigated by the generation and use of solar power; however, the choice of locations for solar power plants is a difficult task because the decision-making process includes political, socio-economic, and environmental aspects. Thus, several adverse consequences have been created by the choice of suboptimal locations. The objective of this paper is to address the integrated qualitative and quantitative multicriteria decision-making framework for the selection of solar power plant locations. Neutrosophic sets (NSs) are the latest extension of the ordinary fuzzy sets. The main characteristic of the neutrosophic sets is satisfying the condition that the sum of the truth, indeterminacy, and falsity grades must be at least zero and at most three. In this research, we establish novel operational laws based on the Yager t-norm and t-conorm under neutrosophic environments (NE). Furthermore, based on these Yager operational laws, we develop a list of novel aggregation operators under NE. In addition, we design an algorithm to tackle the uncertainty to investigating the best solar power plant selection in five potential locations in Pakistan. A numerical example of solar power plant location problem is considered to show the supremacy and effectiveness of the proposed study. Also, a detailed comparison is constructed to evaluate the performance and validity of the established technique.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/6677676

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