A case study of coastal community on application of fuzzy analytic network process for determining weights of quality of life

See Xiou Qing, . and Lazim Abdullah, . A case study of coastal community on application of fuzzy analytic network process for determining weights of quality of life. pp. 119-129. ISSN 1823-8556

This paper highlights a case study on fuzzy decision making method for determining weights of criteria and sub-criteria that constitute the definition of quality of life (QOL). The weight determination of QOL is a complex problem since many uncertain criteria and sub-criteria that need to considered concurrently. Furthermore these criteria and sub-criteria are inter-dependent in network of decision making problem. In response to these challenges the fuzzy analytic network process (fuzzy ANP) is applied to the proposed global weights of ten sub-criteria of QOL for a coastal community of Setiu Wetlands Terengganu. A major advantage of the fuzzy ANP is that it incorporates interdependence relationships between criteria and also sub-criteria. An expert that is familiar with the QOL of coastal community was invited to provide linguistic judgment over the importance of criteria and sub-criteria. The linguistic terms that attached to triangular fuzzy numbers have been used as input to the fuzzy ANP. The result suggests that economics carry the highest weight out of the three criteria. The results also unveiled that the sub-criteria namely education health care and public transport and communication are the main contributors to the QOL. The main contribution of this paper is the introduction of a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach for proposing weights of QOL among the coastal community.

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Abstract

This paper highlights a case study on fuzzy decision making method for determining weights of criteria and sub-criteria that constitute the definition of quality of life (QOL). The weight determination of QOL is a complex problem since many uncertain criteria and sub-criteria that need to considered concurrently. Furthermore these criteria and sub-criteria are inter-dependent in network of decision making problem. In response to these challenges the fuzzy analytic network process (fuzzy ANP) is applied to the proposed global weights of ten sub-criteria of QOL for a coastal community of Setiu Wetlands Terengganu. A major advantage of the fuzzy ANP is that it incorporates interdependence relationships between criteria and also sub-criteria. An expert that is familiar with the QOL of coastal community was invited to provide linguistic judgment over the importance of criteria and sub-criteria. The linguistic terms that attached to triangular fuzzy numbers have been used as input to the fuzzy ANP. The result suggests that economics carry the highest weight out of the three criteria. The results also unveiled that the sub-criteria namely education health care and public transport and communication are the main contributors to the QOL. The main contribution of this paper is the introduction of a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach for proposing weights of QOL among the coastal community.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Case studies
AGROVOC Term:	Coastal area
AGROVOC Term:	Decision making
AGROVOC Term:	Data collection
AGROVOC Term:	Models
AGROVOC Term:	analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Education
AGROVOC Term:	Economics
AGROVOC Term:	Health care
AGROVOC Term:	Communication
Geographical Term:	Malaysia
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2025 07:08
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24210

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