A hybrid approach integrating Affinity Diagram, AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS for sustainable city logistics planning
A hybrid approach integrating Affinity Diagram, AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS for sustainable city logistics planning
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10.1016/j.apm.2011.07.033
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
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5
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Chauhan, Satyaveer S.
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作者：
Awasthi, Anjali;Chauhan, Satyaveer S.
城市物流举措是市政当局为改善城市货物运输状况，减少其对城市居民及其环境的负面影响而采取的措施。城市物流举措的例子包括城市配送中心、拥挤收费、交付时间和访问限制。本文提出了一种基于亲和图、层次分析法和模糊TOPSIS法的城市物流项目综合评价方法。该方法考虑了车辆规模限制、拥堵收费方案、城市配送中心和进入时间限制等四个方面的措施，包括四个步骤。第一步是确定使用亲和图评估城市物流举措绩效的标准。结果是四类标准，即技术，社会，经济和环境。在第二步，成立由城市物流利益相关者代表组成的决策委员会。这些利益攸关方是托运人、收货人、运输经营人、最终消费者和公共行政人员。委员会成员使用AHP对选定的标准进行加权。在步骤3中，决策者提供语言评级的替代品（城市物流倡议），以评估其性能对选定的标准。这些语言的评级，然后汇总使用模糊TOPSIS生成一个整体的性能得分为每个选择。得分最高的备选方案最终被选为最适合改善城市可持续性的城市物流举措。在第四步中，我们进行敏感性分析，以评估的标准权重的最佳方案的选择的影响。所提出的方法是新颖的，可以实际应用于选择可持续发展的城市物流倡议的城市。另一个优点是它能够在有限的定量信息下生成解决方案。所提出的方法的实证应用。(C)2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
City logistics initiatives are steps taken by municipal administrations to ameliorate the condition of goods transport in cities and reduce their negative impacts on city residents and their environment. Examples of city logistics initiatives are urban distribution centers, congestion pricing, delivery timing and access restrictions. In this paper, we present a hybrid approach based on Affinity Diagram, AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS for evaluating city logistics initiatives. Four initiatives namely vehicle sizing restrictions, congestion charging schemes, urban distribution center and access timing restrictions are considered.The proposed approach consists of four steps. The first step involves identification of criteria for assessing performance of city logistics initiatives using Affinity Diagram. The results are four categories of criteria namely technical, social, economical and environmental. In step 2, a decision making committee comprising of representatives of city logistics stakeholders is formed. These stakeholders are shippers, receivers, transport operators, end consumers and public administrators. The committee members weight the selected criteria using AHP. In step 3, the decision makers provide linguistic ratings to the alternatives (city logistics initiatives) to assess their performance against the selected criteria. These linguistic ratings are then aggregated using fuzzy TOPSIS to generate an overall performance score for each alternative. The alternative with the highest score is finally chosen as most suitable city logistics initiative for improving city sustainability. In the fourth step, we perform sensitivity analysis to evaluate the influence of criteria weights on the selection of the best alternative.The proposed approach is novel and can be practically applied for selecting sustainable city logistics initiatives for cities. Another advantage is its ability to generate solutions under limited quantitative information. An empirical application of the proposed approach is provided. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.