Exploring public transport sustainability with neutrosophic logic
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2019
Subject Area
policy - sustainable, place - north america
Keywords
Neutrosophic set, sustainability, public transport, multiattribute decision, Public Transit Sustainable Mobility Analysis Tool, case study
Abstract
Sustainable transportation is a significant component of overall sustainable development. Increasingly, evaluation and decision-making with respect to major complex projects (for example, transportation and land use projects), a multiple attribute perspective is taken. This paper illustrates a multiple attribute decision-making approach for selecting sustainable public transportation systems under uncertainty, that is, with partial or incomplete information represented by single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs). A SVNS is a generalization of a classical set, a fuzzy set, and an intuitionistic fuzzy set. Here, SVNSs and SVNS connectives are illustrated in the context of a ‘Public Transit Sustainable Mobility Analysis Tool’ (PTSMAT) which involves a composite (multiple attribute) sustainability index. A case study of PTSMAT is provided for the UBC Corridor study in Vancouver, Canada. As expected, similar results are obtained to the original study, though the neutrosophic formalism opens a wide range of possibilities for recognition of uncertainty in sustainability assessment.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Smith, P. (2019). Exploring public transport sustainability with neutrosophic logic. Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 42, pp. 257-273.
