Sustainable energy planning decision using the intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process: choosing energy technology in Malaysia: necessary modifications. Issue 5 (28th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Qudaimi, Abdullah; Kumar, Amit
• Is Part Of: International journal of sustainable energy. Volume 37:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 436
• Page End: 437
• Publication Date: 2018-05-28
• Subjects: Sustainable energy planning -- intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process -- energy technology; Solar energy -- Periodicals; Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; 621.4705
• DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2017.1280496
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1478-6451

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recently, Abdullah and Najib ( International Journal of Sustainable Energy 35(4): 360–377, 2016) proposed an intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to deal with uncertainty in decision-making and applied it to establish preference in the sustainable energy planning decision-making of Malaysia. This work may attract the researchers of other countries to choose energy technology for their countries. However, after a deep study of the published paper ( International Journal of Sustainable Energy 35(4): 362–377, 2016), it is noticed that the expression used by Abdullah and Najib in Step 6 of their proposed method for evaluating the intuitionistic fuzzy entropy of each aggregate of each row of intuitionistic fuzzy matrix is not valid. Therefore, it is not genuine to use the method proposed by Abdullah and Najib for solving real-life problems. The aim of this paper was to suggest the required necessary modifications for resolving the flaws of the Abdullah and Najib method.