Publication detail

Solving Civil Engineering Problems by Means of Fuzzy and Stochastic MCDM Methods: Current State and Future Research

ANTUCHEVICIENE, J. KALA, Z. MARZOUK, M. VAIDOGAS, E.

Original Title

Solving Civil Engineering Problems by Means of Fuzzy and Stochastic MCDM Methods: Current State and Future Research

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The present review examines decision-making methods developed for dealing with uncertainties and applied to solve problems of civil engineering. Several methodological difficulties emerging from uncertainty quantification in decision-making are identified. The review is focused on formal methods of multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM). Handling of uncertainty by means of fuzzy logic and probabilistic modelling is analysed in light of MCDM. A sensitivity analysis of MCDM problems with uncertainties is discussed. An application of stochastic MCDM methods to a design of safety critical objects of civil engineering is considered. Prospects of using MCDM under uncertainty in developing areas of civil engineering are discussed in brief. These areas are design of sustainable and energy efficient buildings, building information modelling, and assurance of security and safety of built property. It is stated that before long the decision-making in civil engineering may face several methodological problems: the need to combine fuzzy and probabilistic representations of uncertainties in one decision-making matrix, the necessity to extend a global sensitivity analysis to all input elements of a MCDM problem with uncertainties, and an application of MCDM methods in the areas of civil engineering where decision-making under uncertainty is presently not common.

Keywords

Civil engineering, multiple criteria decision making, uncertainty, fuzzy logic, probability, modelling, sensitivity analysis

Authors

ANTUCHEVICIENE, J.; KALA, Z.; MARZOUK, M.; VAIDOGAS, E.

RIV year

2015

Released

28. 8. 2015

Publisher

Hindawi

ISBN

1024-123X

Periodical

MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING

Year of study

15

Number

15

State

United States of America

Pages from

1

Pages to

16

Pages count

16

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/362579

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/68355

BibTex

@article{BUT117747,
  author="Jurgita {Antucheviciene} and Zdeněk {Kala} and Mohamed {Marzouk} and Egidijus R. {Vaidogas}",
  title="Solving Civil Engineering Problems by Means of Fuzzy and Stochastic MCDM Methods: Current State and Future Research",
  journal="MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING",
  year="2015",
  volume="15",
  number="15",
  pages="1--16",
  doi="10.1155/2015/362579",
  issn="1024-123X",
  url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/362579"
}