Multiple attribute decision making model and application to food safety risk evaluation

Lihua Ma; Hong Chen; Huizhe Yan; Lifeng Yang; Lifeng Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189835

Multiple attribute decision making model and application to food safety risk evaluation

PLoS One. 2017 Dec 19;12(12):e0189835. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189835. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Lihua Ma^{1

2}, Hong Chen¹, Huizhe Yan², Lifeng Yang³, Lifeng Wu²

Affiliations

¹ School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, P.R. China.
² School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, P.R. China.
³ School of Economic, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang, P.R. China.

Abstract

Decision making for supermarket food purchase decisions are characterized by network relationships. This paper analyzed factors that influence supermarket food selection and proposes a supplier evaluation index system based on the whole process of food production. The author established the intuitive interval value fuzzy set evaluation model based on characteristics of the network relationship among decision makers, and validated for a multiple attribute decision making case study. Thus, the proposed model provides a reliable, accurate method for multiple attribute decision making.

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Equipment Contamination
Food Safety*
Humans
Models, Theoretical*
Risk Assessment*
Risk Factors

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Funding of China (grant Nos. 71473248, 71673271, 71473247, 71273258, 71603255, and 71401051), the Major project of National Social Science Funding of China (grant No. 16ZDA056), Jiangsu Philosophy and Social Sciences Excellent Innovation Cultivation Team (2017ZSTD031), the 333 High-level Talents Project of Jiangsu Province (2016), the Teaching Education Reform and Practice of Jiangsu Province (grant No. JGZZ16_078), the Innovation Team Program of the China University of Mining and Technology (grant No. 2015ZY003), the Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province Project (grant No. 14JD026), “13th Five Year” Brand Discipline Construction Funding Project of China University of Mining and Technology (2017),and the Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (grant 15YJA630017).