ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Extended TODIM-PROMETHEE II method with hesitant probabilistic information for solving potential risk evaluation problems of water resource carrying capacity
Xiao-kang Wang,
Hong-yu Zhang,
Jian-qiang Wang,
Jun-bo Li,
Lin Li,
Xiao-kang Wang
School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China
Search for more papers by this authorHong-yu Zhang
School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China
Search for more papers by this authorJian-qiang Wang
School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Jun-bo Li
Business School, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
Correspondence
Jun-bo Li, Business School, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorXiao-kang Wang,
Hong-yu Zhang,
Jian-qiang Wang,
Jun-bo Li,
Lin Li,
Xiao-kang Wang
School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China
Search for more papers by this authorHong-yu Zhang
School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China
Search for more papers by this authorJian-qiang Wang
School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Jun-bo Li
Business School, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
Correspondence
Jun-bo Li, Business School, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorFunding information: China Scholarship Council; National Natural Science Foundation of China
Abstract
With the excessive consumption and pollution of water resources, the sustainable development of water resources poses a serious threat currently. How to perceive and prevent the degradation of water resource in advance is an urgent problem. The water resource carrying capacity (WRCC) is a significant indicator to reflect the condition of water resources in a region. Resounding to these circumstances, our research establishes a decision support framework to solve WRCC risk evaluation issues. First, hesitant probabilistic fuzzy sets (HPFSs) are selected as a representation for the evaluation information in the expert group. Aimed at existing studies of HPFSs, some limitations are overcome involving the distance and comparison rule. Secondly, a TODIM-PROMETHEE II based multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) method is developed to overcome the inherent restrictions of PROMETHEE II method and make it suitable for a practical decision-making condition with bounded rationality. Subsequently, a case study is utilized to demonstrate the feasibility of our newly proposed decision support framework, followed by a sensitivity analysis and a comparison analysis. The outcome indicates that the framework has an excellent performance to solve this kind of MCGDM issues.
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
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