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Table 1 Summary of the available picture fuzzy set-based MCDM approaches

From: Picture fuzzy WASPAS method for selecting last-mile delivery mode: a case study of Belgrade

Author(s) and year

Research focus

Method

MCGDM

Application type

Wei [68]

Emerging technology commercialization

PF Cross-entropy

No

Illustrative example

Liang et al. [35]

Gold mines

PF EDAS + ELECTRE III

Yes

Illustrative example

Wang et al. [64]

Energy performance contracting

PF MABAC

Yes

Real-life

Wang et al. [66]

Risk evaluation of construction project

PF Entropy + VIKOR

Yes

Real-life

Wei [69]

Emerging technology commercialization

PF TODIM

No

Illustrative example

Wei et al. [70]

Emerging technology commercialization

PF Projection

No

Illustrative example

Zhang et al. [78]

Offshore wind power station location

PF RP + TOPSIS

Yes

Real-life

Ashraf et al. [2]

Air quality

PF TOPSIS

Yes

Illustrative example

Ju et al. [27]

Electric vehicle charging station location

Fuzzy AHP + PF GRP

Yes

Real-life

Liang et al. [34]

Gold mines

PF TODIM + ELECTRE

Yes

Real-life

Liu et al. [36]

Emerging technology commercialization

PF GRA

No

Illustrative example

Meksavang et al. [38]

Beef supply chain

PF VIKOR

Yes

Illustrative example

Sindhu et al. [51]

LP + PF TOPSIS

No

Illustrative example

Torun and Gördebil [60]

Satisfaction level

PF TOPSIS

No

Real-life

Zhang et al. [77]

Green supplier selection

PF EDAS

Yes

Illustrative example

Joshi [25]

Personnel and investment selection

PF Entropy + VIKOR

Yes

Illustrative examples

Tian and Peng [57]

Tourism attraction recommendation

PF ANP + TODIM

Yes

Illustrative example

Tian et al. [58]

Tourism attraction recommendation

PF AHP + PROMETHEE II

Yes

Illustrative example

Wang et al. [65]

Hotel selection

PF TODIM

Yes

Real-life

Yue [73]

Software reliability

PF VIKOR

Yes

Illustrative example

Our study

Last-mile delivery mode selection

PF WASPAS

Yes

Real-life

  1. GRA Grey Relational Analysis, GRP Grey Relational Projection, LP Linear Programming, MCGDM Multi-Criteria Group Decision-Making, PF Picture Fuzzy, RP Relative Projection