Using Best Worst Method for Location Selection of Piezoelectric Tiles

Abstract

This study aims to select the best location for implementation of piezoelectric tiles. This decision handles objective and subjective criteria simultaneously therefore it is beneficial to use a multi-criteria decision making tool for the problem. As a novel approach, Best-Worst Method is chosen to evaluate alternatives and affecting criteria. Surveys are sent to the experts who have valuable experience on this subject and asked to compare criteria and sub-criteria pair wisely. After gathering the answers, the surveys are checked for their consistencies and the method is applied to find the importance of criteria. A case study is conducted for a campus of a university. The proposed methodology can be a good supportive tool to choose the satisfactory locations for construction of piezoelectric tiles. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.