A Bibliometric Data Analysis of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods in Heritage Buildings

Abstract

Numerous countries are trying to find the best solution for conservation, restoration or reuse of the heritage buildings, preserving their cultural, historical, ethnic and spiritual values. The scientists, researchers and government are analysing the problems concerning with heritage building’s, like seismic issues, energy saving, sustainability, structures, materials and adaptive reuse. Since, heritage buildings’ reuse and preservation are characterized by multiple criteria, a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are useful in finding rational solutions for the previously mentioned problems. The current paper aims to overview papers on the MCDM approaches application in regard to heritage buildings’ reuse and preservation area. This study employs a bibliometric data analysis to explore state-of-the-art of the defined topic and an in-deep analysis – to synthesize the knowledge domain and critically evaluate a thorough literature in the analysed topic. As a result, scientific maps were created to reveal the knowledge domain of MCDM approaches in heritage buildings’ reuse and preservation. Finally, research gaps and future research directions are identified. Results of the analysis shows that till now MCDM approaches are not widely used in solving heritage buildings reuse and preservation issues. Moreover, there is luck of complex problem solving approach in cultural heritage buildings area.

Evolution of IT, Management and Industrial Engineering research: a topic model approach

“…Regardless of method or approach for topic detection, which mentioned above, previous research analysis in these domains are limited to narrow research areas or are done for the specific location. For example, International Business [23], Industrial Productivity [5], Supply Chain Resilience [24], Public Private Partnership [14], Information Privacy [16], Cloud Computing [4], Health Information Technology [25], Grean Building based studies [26], and Multiple Criteria Decision Making [27] were analyzed. In some cases, analyzing the research status of a domain in a specific location has been considered; Environmental Science in Iran [28], Biomedical Engineering in Thailand [18] and management in Latin America and the Caribbean [6] are some samples.…”

Ranking of Heritage Building Conversion Alternatives by Applying BIM and MCDM: A Case of Sapieha Palace in Vilnius

“…Because of these differences, revitalization technologies used in present-day buildings can be useless for and may cause damage to traditionally constructed buildings, leading to loss of cultural heritage. As the refurbishment of heritage buildings is described by multiple criteria, multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods can be applied to find rational solutions for construction heritage revitalization or conservation [26].…”

“…MCDM methods suggested to use for built heritage decisions are becoming more applicable for various problems in civil engineering, construction and building technology. After analyzing Clarivate Analytic Web of Science publications, it can be stated that the topic of heritage buildings is widely analyzed in engineering civil, construction building technology, materials science multidisciplinary, architecture, computer science interdisciplinary applications and computer science categories [26].…”

“…The three most often used MCDM methods in the area are the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the analytic network process (ANP) and fuzzy Delphi. Experts' knowledge is also used for assessment of cultural heritage value and selection of optimal alternative for its conservation or refurbishment [26].…”

Contractor Selection for Sgraffito Decoration of Cultural Heritage Buildings Using the WASPAS-SVNS Method

“…This method has been applied to solve problems of the attractiveness of cultural heritage sites [74], sustainable historic waterfront revitalization decision support [75], renovation projects of cultural heritage buildings [76], contractor selection of cultural heritage buildings [77], optimized fire protection of cultural heritage structures [78], etc. The application of the AHP method in the cultural heritage field was presented by Morkūnaitė et al [79].…”