Improved DEMATEL-ISM integration approach for complex systems.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) are commonly used separately, but also may be combined per their common characteristics to identify causal relationships and hierarchical structure among factors in complex systems with a relatively small computational burden. The purpose of this study is to establish an improved DEMATEL-ISM integration approach to remedy the disadvantages of the traditional DEMATEL-ISM integration method. A case study was conducted to compare the proposed improved integration approach against the traditional integration method, and to validate its feasibility and effectiveness.

Methods

The proposed improved DEMATEL-ISM integration approach has two main parts: a threshold determinatio

SUBMITTER: Chen JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8284662 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature