Advances in Best-Worst Method: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2022)

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This book presents recent advances in the theory and application of the Best-Worst Method (BWM). It includes selected papers from the Third International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2022), held in Delft, the Netherlands, from 9 to 10 June 2022. The book provides valuable insights on why and how to use BWM in a diverse range of applications including health, energy, supply chain management, and engineering. Moreover, it highlights the use of BWM in different settings including individual decision-making vs group decision-making, and with complete information vs incomplete and uncertain information. Academics and practitioners whose work involves multi-criteria decision-making and decision analysis will particularly benefit from the papers gathered here. Preface Organization Scientific Committee Organizing Committee Contents An Overview of the Applications of BWM in Health 1 Introduction 2 Best Worst Method (BWM) 3 Literature Review of Applications of BWM in Health 3.1 BWM in Healthcare System Evaluation Studies 3.2 BWM in Hospital, Performance and Service Quality Studies 3.3 BWM in Diagnosing and Treatment-Related Studies 3.4 BWM in Healthcare Supply Chain Studies 3.5 BWM in Healthcare Support Systems 3.6 BWM in Occupational Health and Safety 4 Observations and Concluding Remarks References A State-of the-Art Survey of Best-Worst Method Applications for the Problems Related to COVID-19 1 Introduction 2 Analysis of Literature 2.1 Descriptive Analyses 2.2 N-grams Application and Analyses 3 Conclusion 3.1 Implications 3.2 Limitations and Future Directions References Why Should Not a Decision Analyst be Content with Only (n-1) Pairwise Comparisons? Echoes from the Literature 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 The Agreement in the Literature 3.1 Normative Decision Theory 4 The Roles of Redundancy and Inconsistency 5 Conclusions References Identifying Relative Marginal Value Functions for Ranking 1 Introduction 2 Ranking Method Based on Relative Marginal Value Functions 3 Numerical Example 4 Conclusion and Future Work References A Consensus-Based Best-Worst Method for Multi-criteria Group Decision-Making 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Group Decision-Making and Consensus 2.2 Best-Worst Method 3 Consensus-Based Best-Worst Method 4 Illustrative Example 5 Conclusions References A Fuzzy Best-Worst Method Based on the Fuzzy Interval Scale 1 Introduction 2 Fuzzy Cognitive Best Worst Method Under the Fuzzy Interval Scale 2.1 Fuzzy Cognitive Best Worst Method 2.2 Consistency Index and Consistency Ratio 3 Application 3.1 Comparative Analysis and Discussion 4 Conclusion References Integrating Sustainable Goals in Transmission System Operators’ Projects 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 3.1 Sustainable Decision Criteria – Aspects of Sustainability 3.2 Analysing Importance – The BWM 3.3 Analysing Performance – The Maturity Model 3.4 The Importance-Performance Analysis 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References A GIS-Based BWM Approach for the Location Selection of Solar Power Plant in Tunceli Province (Turkey) 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Research Methodology and Application Results 3.1 Criteria Used in the Location Selection 3.2 Weighting Criteria with the Best-Worst Method 3.3 Data Preparation for GIS Environment 3.4 Study Province 3.5 Integration of Criterion Weights to GIS Environment 4 Conclusion References A Fuzzy Best Worst Method Based Prioritization of Solar Panel Selection Criteria 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Application 5 Conclusion References Prioritizing Competitive Capabilities in Additive Manufacturing Systems Using Best-Worst Method 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Additive Manufacturing Systems 2.2 Competitive Capabilities 3 Methodology 3.1 The Best-Worst Method 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion and Implications References Identifying Impact of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem on the Success of Entrepreneurial Start-Up Firms 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Background 2.1 Entrepreneurship Ecosystem 2.2 The Lifecycle of Entrepreneurial Start-Up Firms 2.3 Success Measures of Start-Ups 3 Methodology 3.1 Data Collection 4 Results and Discussion 4.1 Bayesian Best-Worst Method 4.2 Importance-Performance Analysis 5 Conclusions Appendix References Prioritizing the Distributor’s Key Performance Indicators and Constraints to Implement TOC-Based Solution for Outbound Supply Chain Network 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 TOC in Supply Chain 2.2 Constraint to Implement TOC Solution in Outbound Supply Chain 2.3 KPIs of Distributors 3 Research Methodology 3.1 Procedure to Conduct BWM Method 3.2 Computing Consistency Ratio 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References Evaluating and Ranking the Supplier Selection Criteria for Additive Manufacturing Firms Using Best-Worst Method 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Gap in the Literature 3 Methodology 3.1 Best-Worst Method (BWM) 3.2 Steps of BWM 3.3 Consistency Measurement 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References Author Index