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A New Fuzzy Model for Evaluation and Selection of Recycling Technologies of Metal Components of End of Life Vehicles

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The aim of this research is to propose a new fuzzy model to evaluate recycling technologies taking in account numerous criteria, as well as their relative importance. The relative importance of criteria and their values are modelled using the fuzzy set theory. Determining the criteria weights is presented as a fuzzy group decision-making problem. The rank of possible recycling technologies is obtained by applying modified fuzzy technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS). A case study with real-life data which come from reverse supply chain existing in the Republic of Serbia is presented to illustrate the proposed method. In order to verify the proposed FTOPSIS, different approaches for defining fuzzy positive ideal solution (FPIS) and fuzzy negative ideal solution (FNIS) are used. The presented solution enables the ranking of recycling technologies and provides base for successful improvement of reverse supply chain management.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported under the Grant No. TR 35033 by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia. This support is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, University Business Academy, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Milan Pavlović & Miroslav Vulić

  2. Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Danijela Tadić & Slavko Arsovski

  3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandar Tomović

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Pavlović, M., Tadić, D., Arsovski, S., Vulić, M., Tomović, A. (2020). A New Fuzzy Model for Evaluation and Selection of Recycling Technologies of Metal Components of End of Life Vehicles. In: Ghosh, S. (eds) Sustainable Waste Management: Policies and Case Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7071-7_53

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