title: Comparison of fuzzy AHP and fuzzy TODIM methods for landfill location selection.
abstract: Landfill location selection is a multi-criteria decision problem and has a strategic importance for many regions. The conventional methods for landfill location selection are insufficient in dealing with the vague or imprecise nature of linguistic assessment. To resolve this problem, fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods are proposed. The aim of this paper is to use fuzzy TODIM (the acronym for Interactive and Multi-criteria Decision Making in Portuguese) and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methods for the selection of landfill location. The proposed methods have been applied to a landfill location selection problem in the region of Casablanca, Morocco. After determining the criteria affecting the landfill location decisions, fuzzy TODIM and fuzzy AHP methods are applied to the problem and results are presented. The comparisons of these two methods are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Engineering and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanine
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Engineering and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boutkhoum
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Engineering and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdessadek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tikniouine
authors.affiliation: Team of Telecommunications and Computer Networks, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.
authors.forename: Tarik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agouti
keywords: Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy TODIM; Fuzzy logic; Landfill location selection; Multi-criteria decision-making