Multi-criteria decision making in civil engineering: Part I – a state-of-the-art survey

Abstract

For several decades, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods have been in use to address issues particular to design, organisation and management of constructions. This article reviews the history of MCDM methods since their origins to current times. The academic database Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection was used to overview publications that contain keyword “MCDM” and are included in Web of Science Category “Engineering Civil”. The analysis of publications was made according to their year, state, journals and used MCDM methods.

Keywords:

• civil engineering
• MCDM
• MADM
• Web of Science

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Notes on contributors

Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas is Professor, Head of the Department of Construction Technology and Management at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania, and a chief researcher at Research Institute of Smart Building Technologies. He has a PhD in building structures (1973) and DrSc (1987) in building technology and management. He is a member of the Lithuanian and several foreign Academies of Sciences. He is Doctor Honoris Causa at Poznan, Saint-Petersburg, and Kiev universities. He is Editor in Chief and a member of editorial boards of a number of research journals. He is author and co-author of more than 400 papers and a number of monographs. Research interests are: building technology and management, decision-making theory, automation in design and decision support systems.

Jurgita Antuchevičienė

Jurgita Antuchevičienė is Professor at the Department of Construction Technology and Management at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania. She received a PhD in Civil Engineering in 2005. She is author and co-author of about 50 scientific papers. Research interests include: multiple criteria analysis, decision-making theories and decision support systems, sustainable development, construction management and investment.

Oleg Kapliński

Oleg Kapliński is Professor of Civil Engineering at Faculty of Architecture (IAP), Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland. He lectures economics and organization of the investment process, as well as the theory and principles of work places design. The author of 240 publications. Doctor Honoris Causa of VGTU (1996). Member of the CE Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His current research are: an integral management, integral design, risk management, theory of decision making and research methods in CE and architecture.