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Prioritizing Critical Success Factors for Smallholder Maize Farmers in Zambia: A Pathway to Sustainable Food Security and Rural Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue S1, Page 1038-1058, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector is pivotal to the economies of most developing countries. In Zambia, the agricultural sector is dominated by smallholder maize farmers who play a key role in ensuring food security, employment, and rural development. Despite receiving a significant share of the agricultural budget, smallholder maize farmers continue to ...
Maureen Lupunga Malesu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-criteria decision making approach for vendor selection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In the present study an efficient Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach has been proposed for quality evaluation and performance appraisal in vendor selection.
Yadav, Utkarsh
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Sustainable supply chain modeling and analysis: Past debate, present problems and future challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
For the last two decades, the topic of sustainable supply chains has evoked considerable interest from academics and practitioners. Within this context, Resources, Conservation and Recycling (RCR) and its two predecessors (Resources and Conservation, and
Ghadimi , Pezhman, Lim, Ming, Wang, Chao
core   +1 more source

A Hybrid AI and Fuzzy MCDM Approach for Retailer Evaluation: Leveraging Sentiment Analysis and Expert Insights

open access: yesApplied AI Letters, Volume 6, Issue 3, October 2025.
This study proposes an AI‐enhanced decision‐making framework that integrates sentiment analysis of customer reviews with q‐rung orthopair fuzzy MCDM to evaluate retailer performance. By analyzing 8,000 reviews from major U.S. retailers, the model bridges unstructured feedback and structured evaluation, offering actionable insights into service ...
Adem Pinar
wiley   +1 more source

Project management using the developed AHP–VIKOR method with the fuzzy approach

open access: yesWater Science and Technology
There are many factors to consider when designing a sewerage pumping station (SPS), such as sizing the system, pump type, cooperation between pumps, SPS elevation, wastewater discharge location, system venting, correct number of inflows into the pumping ...
Ivan Milojkovic, Natasa Prascevic
doaj   +1 more source

Application of a hybrid MCDM method in construction logistics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
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Rózsa, Zoltán, Sztrapkovics, Balázs
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Fuzzy TOPSIS‐Based Multi‐Criteria Selection of Renewable Energy Sources for Smart Grids

open access: yesWind Energy, Volume 28, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Transitioning to renewable energy sources (RES) is essential for achieving sustainable energy systems and reducing environmental impacts. Integrating RES into smart grids presents a complex decision‐making challenge, as it involves evaluating multiple, often conflicting, criteria such as cost, energy efficiency, environmental impact ...
LiPeng Gao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Supplier Selection: A Comparative Study of Fuzzy VIKOR and Fuzzy Moora for Performance-Based Decision Making

open access: yesIEEE Access
Supplier selection is crucial in supply chain management, directly impacting operational efficiency and production continuity. This study compares two Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques—Fuzzy VIekriterijumsko KOmpromisno Rangiranje ...
Johan Krisnanto Runtuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Logistics service providers (LSPs) evaluation and selection: Literature review and framework development [PDF]

open access: yes
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight to the outsourcing decision-making through investigating if the old evaluation/selection criteria and methods still fit with current business priorities or not and, therefore, to identify the ...
Alkhatib, SF, Darlington, RI, Nguyen, TT
core   +1 more source

Reprint of "Decision support models for supplier development: Systematic literature review and research agenda" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The continuing trend towards sourcing components and semi-finished goods for less vertically integrated manufacturing systems globally leads to a dramatic increase in supply options for companies.
Glock, C.H., Grosse, E.H., Ries, J.M.
core   +2 more sources

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