A systematic review of multi-criteria decision-making applications in reverse logistics

Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods have been applied to various reverse logistics problems. In order to develop a reliable knowledge base through accumulating knowledge from previous studies, we conduct a systematic review of the applications of different MCDM methods to different reverse logistics problems. We found 80 relevant papers published in scientist journals, which are application of different MCDM methods to different reverse logistics problems. We classify the literature based on two dimensions problem context and methodology. The results show that recycling and AHP are the most researched problem and methodology respectively. We finally suggest some future research directions with respect to problem context and methodology. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.