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标题：A hybrid approach using AHP–TOPSIS–entropy methods for sustainable ranking of structural materials
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作者：Emad S. Bakhoum ; David C. Brown
期刊名称：International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1939-7038
出版年度：2013
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：212-224
DOI：10.1080/19397038.2012.719553
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Nowadays, many countries are looking towards sustainability as a goal because our world has limited resources and serious environmental impacts. In the construction industry, the process of sustainable selection of structural material is considered one of the keys to achieve more sustainable construction. In this paper, the theories of decision making are utilised to develop an approach for evaluation and ranking the structural materials over their total life based on sustainability criteria using multi-attribute decision-making methods. One of them is Analytical Hierarchy Process which is utilised to build the problem hierarchical structure and assign weights of the predetermined sustainable factors. The other is Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution which is utilised to rank the structural materials within both each material life cycle phase and the complete material life cycle phases. The third is the concept of entropy by Shannon to evaluate the weight factor for each phase of material life cycle. The proposed approach presents an objective, systematic and comprehensive method for the sustainable ranking of materials that links between the structural element design and the sustainable selection of materials.
关键词：Keywordsmulti-attribute decision makingstructural materialssustainability