Multi-Criteria Decision Making Theory and Applications in Sustainable Healthcare

Multi-Criteria Decision Making Theory and Applications in Sustainable Healthcare, 1st Edition, is an excellent compilation of current and advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques and their applications to multiple recent and innovative healthcare analytics problems. The healthcare business has expanded rapidly in recent years, and one of the top priorities in the sector is now the efficacy and efficiency of the various healthcare delivery systems. The entire performance of hospitals must be improved if the healthcare business wants to see an improvement in both the satisfaction and safety of their patients. Finding the best medical facility among many of its competitors may be difficult since there are so many, and they are so highly diverse in terms of features and performance trade-offs.

This book has brought together the introductory discussions, fundamental concepts, challenges, and insights of multiple advanced healthcare management problems along with the application of MCDM to obtain the best option among multiple alternatives. A few important takeaways from this book are:

• Developing an efficient model for supplier performance evaluation and selection in healthcare industries with incomplete information.
• A computational reliance approach for assessing healthcare service quality aspects and their measurement in an uncertain environment.
• An efficient and provable approach for recommending suitable mobile healthcare products under uncertain environments.
• Establishing a decision-making strategy to select healthcare waste treatment methods.
• Assessing the usability of mHealth applications in practice related to type 2 diabetes.

The successful outcome of this book will enable a decision-maker or practitioner to pick a suitable MCDM technique when making decisions to prioritize the selection criteria of any healthcare-related problems to ensure a sustainable practice.

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《多準則決策理論與可持續醫療保健應用》第一版是一本優秀的匯編，介紹了當前和先進的多準則決策（MCDM）技術及其在最近和創新的醫療保健分析問題中的應用。近年來，醫療保健業務迅速擴展，該行業的首要任務之一是提高各種醫療保健交付系統的效能和效率。如果醫療保健業務希望在滿足患者滿意度和安全性方面取得改善，則必須改善醫院的整體表現。由於醫療設施眾多且特點和性能取捨各異，要在眾多競爭對手中找到最佳醫療設施可能會很困難。

本書匯集了多個先進醫療管理問題的入門討論、基本概念、挑戰和見解，並應用MCDM方法在多個選擇方案中獲取最佳選擇。本書的幾個重要收穫包括：

- 在信息不完整的情況下，為醫療行業的供應商績效評估和選擇開發高效的模型。
- 在不確定環境中，使用計算依賴方法評估醫療服務質量方面及其測量。
- 在不確定環境下，建立一種高效且可證明的方法，推薦適合的移動醫療產品。
- 建立一種決策策略，選擇醫療廢物處理方法。
- 評估mHealth應用在實踐中與2型糖尿病相關的可用性。

本書的成功成果將使決策者或從業人員能夠在做出決策時選擇適合的MCDM技術，以確保醫療相關問題的選擇標準優先考慮，從而實現可持續的實踐。

Mohamed Abdel- Basset (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD degrees in operations research from the Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University, Egypt. He is currently Associate Professor with the Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University. He has published more than 200 articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He is working on the application of multi-objective and robust metaheuristic optimization techniques. His current research interests include optimization, operations research, data mining, computational intelligence, applied statistics, decision support systems, robust optimization, engineering optimization, multi-objective optimization, swarm intelligence, evolutionary algorithms, and artificial neural networks. He is an editor and a reviewer of different international journals and conference.

Ripon K. Chakrabortty (Senior Member, IEEE) is the Program Coordinator for Master of Decision Analytics and Master of Engineering Science Programs, and the team leader of 'Decision Support & Analytics Research Group' at the School of Engineering & Information Technology, UNW Canberra, Australia. He obtained his PhD from the same University in 2017 while completing his MSc and BSc from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Industrial and Production Engineering in 2013 and 2009, respectively. He has written four book chapters and over 170 technical journal and conference papers. His research interest covers a wide range of topics in Operations Research, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Systems Management. Many organizations have funded his research program, such as the Department of Defence, Commonwealth Government, Australia. He is an associate editor and a reviewer of different international journals and conferences.

Abduallah Gamal (Member, IEEE) is a senior researcher at Zagazig University, Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Department of Operations Research, Egypt. He obtained his bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees in Information Systems in 2012, 2016, and 2021, respectively, from the Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Department of Operations Research, Zagazig University, Egypt. His area of interest includes computation intelligence, Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithms, and neutrosophic sets and logic. He is working on the application of multi-criteria decision-making. He is also a reviewer in different international journals and conferences. He has published more than 45 articles in international journals and conference proceedings.

Mohamed Abdel-Basset (IEEE高級會員)在埃及Zagazig大學計算機與資訊學院獲得了運籌學的學士、碩士和博士學位。他目前是Zagazig大學計算機與資訊學院的副教授。他在國際期刊和會議論文中發表了200多篇文章。他的研究方向包括多目標和魯棒元啟發式優化技術的應用。他目前的研究興趣包括優化、運籌學、數據挖掘、計算智能、應用統計、決策支持系統、魯棒優化、工程優化、多目標優化、群體智能、演化算法和人工神經網絡。他是不同國際期刊和會議的編輯和審稿人。

Ripon K. Chakrabortty (IEEE高級會員)是澳大利亞UNW堪培拉校區工程與資訊技術學院的碩士決策分析和碩士工程科學課程的計劃協調員，也是“決策支持與分析研究小組”的團隊負責人。他在2017年獲得了該大學的博士學位，並在2013年和2009年分別在孟加拉國工程與技術大學獲得了工業與生產工程的碩士和學士學位。他撰寫了四章書籍章節和超過170篇技術期刊和會議論文。他的研究興趣涵蓋了運籌學、項目管理、供應鏈管理、人工智能和信息系統管理等多個領域。許多組織都對他的研究項目提供了資金支持，例如澳大利亞國防部和聯邦政府。他是不同國際期刊和會議的副編輯和審稿人。

Abduallah Gamal (IEEE會員)是埃及Zagazig大學計算機與資訊學院運籌學系的高級研究員。他在2012年、2016年和2021年分別從Zagazig大學計算機與資訊學院運籌學系獲得了信息系統的學士、碩士和博士學位。他的研究領域包括計算智能、優化、群體智能、演化算法和中性集合和邏輯。他正在研究多準則決策方法的應用。他還是不同國際期刊和會議的審稿人。他在國際期刊和會議論文中發表了45多篇文章。