A Systematic Literature Review of MABAC Method and Applications: An Outlook for Sustainability and Circularity

Abstract

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) is one of the most reliable and applicable decision-making tools to address real-life complex and multi-dimensional problems in accordance with the concepts of sustainable development and circular economy. Although there have been several literature reviews on several MCDM methods, there is a research gap in conducting a literature review on the Multi-Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison (MABAC) as a useful technique to deal with intelligent decision-making systems. This study attempts to present a comprehensive literature review of 117 articles on recent developments and applications of MABAC. Future outlook is provided considering challenges and current trends.

Assessing industrialized countries’ environmental sustainability performances using an integrated multi-criteria model and software

“…When the literature is examined, the MABAC method application examples include the sustainability assessment of OPEC countries (Ecer et al, 2019 ), green supplier selection (Xu et al, 2019 ), green composite selection for clean sustainable energy (Bose et al, 2020 ), sustainability energy source selection (Rahim et al, 2020 ), and various field related to sustainable development and circular economy (Torkayesh et al, 2023 ). The problems of assessing biomedical waste disposal systems (Narayanamoorthy et al, 2020 ), evaluation of innovative success criteria for hotels (Demirdağ et al, 2021 ), and solar power plant location selection (Ateş & Topal, 2021 ) were examined in some studies where the MOOSRA method was applied.…”

Multiple Criteria Decision Making Penentuan Juara Lomba Roasting Kopi Menggunakan Multi-Attributive Border Approximation Area Comparison

“…MABAC juga memungkinkan pengguna untuk menyesuaikan bobot dan preferensi kriteria sesuai dengan konteks spesifik, menciptakan fleksibilitas yang diperlukan dalam mengatasi dinamika perubahan lingkungan atau prioritas bisnis. Dengan mengintegrasikan elemenelemen ini, MABAC memberikan kerangka kerja yang holistik untuk analisis keputusan, memungkinkan pemahaman yang lebih mendalam terhadap potensi dampak setiap alternatif terhadap tujuan yang diinginkan [14]. Oleh karena itu, MABAC bukan hanya merupakan alat bantu pengambilan keputusan yang kuat, tetapi juga menyediakan wawasan berharga bagi para pengambil keputusan dalam mengelola kompleksitas dan ketidakpastian dalam pengambilan keputusan multi-kriteria [15].…”

Review and Computational Study on Practicality of Derivative-Free DIRECT-Type Methods

“…We conducted this review systematically examining the literature while adhering to a well-defined methodology to ensure a comprehensive and unbiased analysis (Moher et al, 2009). This methodology, with slight modifications, is widely utilized in various research endeavours (see, for example, Navakauskas and Kazlauskas, 2023;Torkayesh et al, 2023).…”