TY - GEN
T1 - A Neutrosophic Evaluation Model for Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management
AU - Nabeeh, Nada A.
AU - Mohamed, Mai
AU - Abdel-Monem, Ahmed
AU - Abdel-Basset, Mohamed
AU - Sallam, Karam M.
AU - El-Abd, Mohammed
AU - Wagdy, Ali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Nowadays, firms are trying to execute and use blockchain technology (BT) for rising the products and service goodness in the supply chain (SC). Based on the specific requirements, the BT can be used in several areas. The BT assets various segments of Supply Chain Management (SCM) with consideration of several effective features that are characterized to be multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) issues with environmental restrictions of uncertainty conditions. This research illustrates the suitability of BT in SCM for various segments that are assessed using a neutrosophic model according to single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs). Also, contributes as an evaluation model that combines neutrosophic set, with MCDM methods of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR), and Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The proposed study uses the AHP method to generate weights of criteria considering the expert's perspectives. Moreover, uses the neutrosophic theory to handle uncertain situations. The alternatives ranked based on outcomes of applying TOPSIS and VIKOR methods. A case study presents a hierarchical MCDM issue of 7 criteria and 20 sub-criteria with alternative segments assessed. As a result, the medicine segment is recommended to be the best alternative according to the proposed methods of AHP, TOPSIS, and VIKOR while the insurance segment is not recommended by AHP and TOPSIS methods and jewelry segments are not recommended in the VIKOR method.
AB - Nowadays, firms are trying to execute and use blockchain technology (BT) for rising the products and service goodness in the supply chain (SC). Based on the specific requirements, the BT can be used in several areas. The BT assets various segments of Supply Chain Management (SCM) with consideration of several effective features that are characterized to be multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) issues with environmental restrictions of uncertainty conditions. This research illustrates the suitability of BT in SCM for various segments that are assessed using a neutrosophic model according to single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs). Also, contributes as an evaluation model that combines neutrosophic set, with MCDM methods of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR), and Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The proposed study uses the AHP method to generate weights of criteria considering the expert's perspectives. Moreover, uses the neutrosophic theory to handle uncertain situations. The alternatives ranked based on outcomes of applying TOPSIS and VIKOR methods. A case study presents a hierarchical MCDM issue of 7 criteria and 20 sub-criteria with alternative segments assessed. As a result, the medicine segment is recommended to be the best alternative according to the proposed methods of AHP, TOPSIS, and VIKOR while the insurance segment is not recommended by AHP and TOPSIS methods and jewelry segments are not recommended in the VIKOR method.
KW - AHP
KW - Blockchain
KW - MCDM
KW - SVNSs
KW - TOPSIS
KW - VIKOR
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85138772914&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE55066.2022.9882777
DO - 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE55066.2022.9882777
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85138772914
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
BT - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ 2022 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ 2022
Y2 - 18 July 2022 through 23 July 2022
ER -