A Distinctive Symmetric Analyzation of Improving Air Quality Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method under Uncertainty Conditions

• Published in: Symmetry (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 1858
• Main Authors: Narayanamoorthy, Samayan, Anuja, Arumugam, Kang, Daekook, Kureethara, Joseph Varghese, Kalaiselvan, Samayan, Manirathinam, Thangaraj
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01-11-2020
• Subjects: air pollution; air quality improvement; decision making; fuzzy MULTIMOORA; MCDM; symmetric
• ISSN: 2073-8994; 2073-8994
• DOI: 10.3390/sym12111858

This world has a wide range of technologies and possibilities that are available to control air pollution. Still, finding the best solution to control the contamination of the air without having any impact on humans is a complicated task. This proposal helps to improve the air quality using the multi-criteria decision making method. The decision to improve air quality is a challenging problem with today’s technology and environmental development level. The multi-criteria decision making method is quite often faced with conditions of uncertainty, which can be tackled by employing fuzzy set theory. In this paper, based on an objective weighting method (CCSD), we explore the improved fuzzy MULTIMOORA approach. We use the classical Interval-Valued Triangular Fuzzy Numbers (IVTFNs), viz. the symmetric lower and upper triangular numbers, as the basis. The triangular fuzzy number is identified by the triplets; the lowest, the most promising, and the highest possible values, symmetric with respect to the most promising value. When the lower and upper membership functions are equated to one, we get the normalized interval-valued triangular fuzzy numbers, which consist of symmetric intervals. We evaluate five alternatives among the four criteria using an improved MULTIMOORA method and select the best method for improving air quality in Tamil Nadu, India. Finally, a numerical example is illustrated to show the efficiency of the proposed method.