Uncertain Decision Making Methods in Energy Policies for Sustainable Development

Dear colleagues,

Given the critical role of energy in economic growth and the adverse environmental effects often associated with its use, energy policy is an essential factor of sustainable development programs. Managing energy-related environmental impacts is a main objective of energy policy and making energy development more sustainable at the national and international levels. Energy policies for sustainable development are the critical challenge for energy sector development, as the energy sector is a significant driver of economic growth and has a significant negative impact on the environment, especially on global climate change. In recent years, there are numerous economic, technical, social and environmental criteria are used to solve energy policies for sustainable development by decision-makers under the uncertain environments. Multicriteria decision‐making (MCDM) methods are used as effective tools to help decision-makers while solving energy policies problems. Therefore, in this special issue, we invite authors to submit original research and critical survey original research articles that propose uncertain decision-making methods to rationalize the complex process of decision-making in for sustainable development based energy policy making problems.

Dr. Abbas Mardani
Prof. Dr. Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Prof. Dr. Madjid Tavana
Prof. Dr. George Philippidis
Guest Editors

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