Special Issue on Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Models in Science, Engineering and Technology

28.01.2026

Special Issue Editors: Željko Stević, Ph.D. · Ömer Faruk Görçün, Ph.D. · Stefan Jovčić, Ph.D.

Special Issue Information

The increasing complexity of systems in science, engineering, and technology has intensified the demand for accurate, transparent, and expert-driven decision-making processes. In recent years, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) models have emerged as powerful analytical tools for supporting complex decisions involving multiple, often conflicting criteria and inherent uncertainties.

Contemporary research increasingly integrates MCDM approaches with methods from computer science, operations research, applied mathematics, artificial intelligence (AI), and data analytics to address real-world problems that cannot be effectively resolved using conventional single-criterion or deterministic models. As a result, handling uncertainty, ambiguity, and incomplete information has become a central challenge in modern decision-support systems.

This Special Issue presents recent theoretical advances, methodological developments, and practical applications of MCDM models across diverse domains of science, engineering, and technology. Contributions focusing on innovative methodologies, hybrid models, intelligent decision-support systems, and real-world applications are particularly encouraged.

Keywords: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM); Decision Support Systems (DSS); Intelligent Decision-Making; Fuzzy Decision-Making; Hybrid Decision Models; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning (ML); Engineering Applications

Topics of Interests

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to the following:

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods and Models

  • MCDM/MADM methods and hybrid models
  • Fuzzy and extended MCDM approaches
  • Criteria weighting and importance assessment techniques

Intelligent and Hybrid Decision-Support Systems

  • Integration of MCDM with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
  • Data-driven and optimization-based decision models
  • Intelligent decision-support and expert systems

Methodological Advances and Frameworks

  • Novel decision-making frameworks and algorithms
  • Sensitivity, robustness, and validation studies
  • Comparative evaluation of MCDM methods

Applications in Science, Engineering, and Technology

  • Transportation, logistics, and industrial engineering
  • Environmental, energy, and sustainability systems
  • Mechanical, civil, electrical, and ICT engineering
  • Engineering education and learning technologies

Other practical MCDM-based case studies and real-world implementations

Special Issue Editors

Željko Stević, Ph.D. (Editor) | email | WoS | Scopus | ORCID | Google Scholar
University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Research interests: logistics; supply chain management; transport; traffic engineering; multi-criteria decision making problems; rough set theory; sustainability; fuzzy set theory

Ömer Faruk Görçün, Ph.D (Guest Editor) | email | WoS | Scopus | ORCID | Google Scholar
Kadir Has University, Faculty of Economic, Administration, and Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Turkey

Research interests: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing, Logistics

Stefan Jovčić, Ph.D (Guest Editor) | email | WoS | Scopus | ORCID | Google Scholar
University of Pardubice, Faculty of Transport Engineering

Research Interests: postal traffic, city logistics, transport, management, multi-criteria decision-making problems, fuzzy logic.

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Submission Information

Submission Open Date: 1 February 2026

Article Submission Deadline: 1 July 2026

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