Journal
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 644-654Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.07.089
Keywords
Fuzzy TOPSIS; Han River; alpha-cut level set; Spatial flood vulnerability
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Funding
- Construction Technology Innovation Program through the Research Center of Flood Defence Technology [08-Tech-Inovation-F01]
- Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [2010-0010609]
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This study aims to improve the general flood vulnerability approach using fuzzy TOPSIS based on alpha-cut level sets which can reduce the uncertainty inherent in even fuzzy multi-criteria decision making process. Since fuzzy TOPSIS leads to a crisp closeness for each alternative, it is frequently argued that fuzzy weights and fuzzy ratings should be in fuzzy relative closeness. Therefore, this study used a modified alpha-cut level set based fuzzy TOPSIS to develop a spatial flood vulnerability approach for Han River in Korea, considering various uncertainties in weights derivation and crisp data aggregation. Two results from fuzzy TOPSIS and modified fuzzy TOPSIS were compared. Some regions which showed no or small ranking changes have their centro-symmetric distributions, while other regions whose rankings varied dynamically, have biased (anti-symmetric) distributions. It can be concluded that alpha-cut level set based fuzzy TOPSIS produce more robust prioritization since more uncertainties can be considered. This method can be applied to robust spatial vulnerability or decision making in water resources management. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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