• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.129-144
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• 2014

In this paper, a fuzzy inference system and an analytical hierarchy process-based online evaluation technique is developed to monitor the condition of the 32-km Donghai Bridge in Shanghai. The system has 478 sensors distributed along eight segments selected from the whole bridge. An online evaluation subsystem is realized, which uses raw data and extracted features or indices to give a set of hierarchically organized condition evaluations. The thresholds of each index were set to an initial value obtained from a structure damage and performance evolution analysis of the bridge. After one year of baseline monitoring, the initial threshold system was updated from the collected data. The results show that the techniques described are valid and reliable. The online method fulfills long-term infrastructure health monitoring requirements for the Donghai Bridge.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.251-261
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• 2010

This article demonstrated the application of the Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analytical Hierarchy Process (FDEAHP) to evaluate the root causes of critical defect problems occurring in the production of liquid medicine. The methodology of the research began by collecting the defect data by using Check Sheets, and ranking the significant problems by using a Pareto Diagram. Two types of major problems were found to occur, including glass fragments in the medicine and damaged lid threads. The causes of each problem were then analyzed by using Cause and Effect Diagrams. The significant causes were ranked by FDEAHP under three criteria, Severity (S), Occurrence (O) and Detection (D), followed by the framework of the FMEA Technique. Two causes with the highest Final Weight (FW) of each problem were selected to be improved, such as installing auxiliary equipment, using the Poka-Yoke system, setting the scale of the shaft and lathing the bushes of each bottle size. The results demonstrated a reduction in defects from 3.209% to 1.669% and showed that improving a few significant root causes, identified by an experienced decision maker, was sufficient to reduce the defect rate.

• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2015

Project Management Consultant (PMC) plays a vital role in the overall performance of any project. Selecting right PMC for right project is the most crucial challenge for any construction owner. Thus, PMC selection is one of the main decisions made by owners at the early phase of construction project. It is not easy for the project owner to select a competent PMC due to the fuzziness, imprecision, vagueness, incomplete and qualitative criteria of the decision. This paper presents a model for selecting PMC contractor using the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP). And a fuzzy number based framework is proposed to be a viable method for PMC contractor selection. A case study to illustrate the application of the model is also presented in this paper.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.158-167
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• 2008

최근 정보기술의 발달로 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅과 이를 이용한 유비쿼터스 서비스가 개발 중이거나 서비스 중이다. 향후 많은 산업에서 유비쿼터스 서비스 활용이 증가할수록 서비스에 대한 평가가 필수적이라 하겠다. 본 연구에서는 유비쿼터스 서비스의 평가를 위한 구체적인 평가항목을 도출하고 이들 간의 중요도를 산출하는 프레임워크를 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 유비쿼터스 서비스의 평가와 관련된 문헌을 고찰하고 전문가의 의견을 수합하여 주요 평가항목의 결정과 계층적 분석과정 기법을 이용하여 항목간의 중요도를 산출하고자 하였다. 평가자 평가결과의 정확성을 보정하기 위해 퍼지(fuzzy) 개념을 활용하여 중요도를 계산하였으며 설문을 통하여 실제 특정 분야에서 유비쿼터스 서비스를 평가하기 위한 항목의 중요도를 도출하였다.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.34-43
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• 2008

In recent years, many electronics producing firms have looked upon total quality management (TQM) strategy as a means by which they could maintain competitive advantage. This empirical research evaluates TQM strategic factors in order to determine the critical success factors in environmental uncertainty. Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is the proposed research methodology to discuss and tackle the different decision criteria like effective leadership, people management, customer focus, strategic plan and process management, being involved in identifying the TQM strategic critical success factors with uncertainty. The result shows that effective leadership is the most critical success factor in TQM strategy.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2020

Nowadays, many construction engineering and technology enterprises are evolving to find that prosperity is driven and inspired by an open economy with dynamic markets and fierce multifaceted competition. Besides brand and product uniqueness, the ability to quickly provide customers with quotes are matters of concern. Such a requirement for prompt cost estimation of construction investment projects with the use of a construction price index poses a significant challenge to contractors. This is because the nature of the construction industry is shaped by changes in domestic and foreign economic factors, socio-financial issues, and is under the influence of various micro and macro factors. This paper presents a fuzzy decision-making approach for calculating critical factors that affect the construction price index. A qualitative approach was implemented based on in-depth interviews of experts in the construction industry in Vietnam. A synthetic comparison matrix was calculated using Buckley approach. The CoA approach was applied to defuzzified the fuzzy weights of factors that affect the construction price index. The research results show that the top five critical factors affecting the construction price index in Vietnam are (1) consumer price index, (2) gross domestic product, (3) basic interest rate, (4) foreign exchange rate, and (5) total export and import.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.843-851
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• 2020

This study focuses on identifying and prioritizing the broader performance measures for the service supply chains by taking the case of Majan Electricity Company, Sohar, in the Sultanate of Oman. For an examination of the uniformity of ultimate objectives and the priorities therein, two strata of respondents with a total of fourteen respondents were approached for their valuable insights. Suitable structured instruments were personally administered to elicit the insightful and worthy responses. The two multi-criteria decision-making techniques, namely, the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process and the Best-Worst Method were used to reach a meaningful prioritization of the identified and refined broader performance measurement dimensions. The results show that there exists a minor gap between the two respondents' groups in terms of their prioritizations. The major finding points to the difference in terms of the topmost priorities as revealed by the two set of respondents. For one group of respondents, the customer satisfaction matters the most, whereas for the other group, it is the overall profitability that matters the most. This gap against the utopian state assists in concluding that there is a requirement to reorient the employees so as to have a shared and common understanding of the organizational priorities.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.391-401
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• 2020

The objective of this study is to prioritize the Total Quality Management (TQM) factors based on fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method in Vietnamese supporting industries. Through an in-depth literature review, eight criteria were identified. These criteria were then divided into 32 sub-criteria. The fuzzy AHP is used to determine the percent weightings of eight categories of performance criteria that were identified via a review of the quality-management literature. These criteria include management commitment, role of the quality department, training and education, continuous improvement, quality policies, quality data and reporting, communication to improve quality, and customer satisfaction orientation. An empirical analysis of the criteria of each stage using the fuzzy AHP methodology and the expert opinion of quality management are used to evaluate the percent weightings of the criteria and sub-criteria that are synonymous with TQM implementation. The results showed that management commitment is the most critical factor; among sub-criteria, supports and responsibilities of top management is the most important. The study also identified the rank order of critical success factors of TQM. The findings suggest a generic hierarchy model for organizations to prioritize the critical factors and formulate strategies for implementing TQM in supporting industries, as well as other industries in Vietnam.

• 감성과학
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.333-340
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• 2013

생활양식이나 형태 변화에 따른 전통적인 주거건축들의 전통성, 공공성과 사유권의 균형, 계승 발전, 보존에 부가되는 공동체의 활성화와 효용성 등 환경 개선이라는 과제에 직면하고 있으며, 이들 역사 경관 권역의 경관훼손 가능성이 점증하고 있는 상황에서, 지역적 경관의 고유한 특성과 다양성을 가질 수 있도록 전통적 주거건축의 입면디자인 속성에 대한 이해가 선행되어야 한다. 본 연구는 "전통적 주거건축의 입면디자인 평가"에 영향을 미친 속성을 파악하기 위해, 입면디자인 평가척도 (지붕, 창호, 기둥, 벽면, 마루, 주초석, 기단)를 기준으로 쌍대비교를 실시하여 도출된 Synthetic Evaluation Value를 Fuzzy 방법을 통해 Fuzzy Integral (Choquet Integral) value를 추정하여, 가치속성을 규명하였다. 속성 간 가중치 산정결과에 ${\lambda}$-value를 이용하여 Sensitivity Analysis를 실시하여 유효함을 검증하였다. 전통적 주거건축의 입면디자인 평가에 영향을 미친 가치속성을 추정하는데 있어 유의미한 방법론이며, 복합 가치속성을 도출하였다는데 의의를 갖는다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.97-106
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• 1996

One of the main problems in evaluating complex objects, such as an ill-defined system, is how to treat ambiguous aspect of the evaluation. Due to the Complexity and ambiguity of the objects, many types of evaluation attributes should be identified based on the rational dsision. One of these attributes is an analytical hierarchy process (AHP). the weight of evaluation attribtes in AHP however comes from the probability measure based on the additivity. Therefore, it is notapplicable to the objects which have the property of non-additivity. In the previous studies by other researchers they intriduced the Hierarchical Fuzzy Integral method or mergd AHP and fuzzy measure for the analysis of the overlaps among the evaluation objects. But, they need more anlyses in terms of transformation of the probability measure into fuzzy measure which fits for the additivity and overlapping coefficient which affects to the fuzzy measure. Considering these matters, this paper deals that, ⅰ) clarifying the relation between the fuzzy and probability measure adopted in AHP, ii) calculating directly the family of fuzzy measure from the overlapping coefficient and probability measure. A simple algorithm for the calculation of fuzzy measures and set family of those from the above results is also proposed. Finally, the effectiveness of the algorithm developed by applying this to the problems for estimation of safety in ship berthing and for evaluation of ports in competition is verified. This implied that the new algoritnm gives better description of the system evaluation.