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26 March 2022

Game theory is a powerful tool in modeling strategic interaction among rational players. However, as practical problems become more complex, uncertainty inevitably appears in the game. Due to the advantages of probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTS...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,217 Views
18 Pages

Parameter Optimization for Computer Numerical Controlled Machining Using Fuzzy and Game Theory

  • Kai-Chi Chuang,
  • Tian-Syung Lan,
  • Lie-Ping Zhang,
  • Yee-Ming Chen and
  • Xuan-Jun Dai

25 November 2019

Under the strict restrictions of international environmental regulations, how to reduce environmental hazards at the production stage has become an important issue in the practice of automated production. The precision computerized numerical-controll...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from IIKII 2019 conferences in Symmetry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
680 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Parameter Assessment and Validation of Cable Insulation Using Game Theory and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation

  • Qianqiu Shao,
  • Songhai Fan,
  • Zongxi Zhang,
  • Fenglian Liu and ,
  • Jinkui Lu,
  • Zhengzheng Fu and
  • Pinlei Lv
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 December 2025

Accurate assessment of high-voltage cable insulation condition is essential for safe operation in complex tunnel environments. Traditional methods relying on single diagnostic indicators and fixed weighting schemes often suffer from limited accuracy...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,373 Views
26 Pages

Optimizing Smart City Street Design with Interval-Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Game Theory for Autonomous Vehicles and Cyclists

  • Maryam Fayyaz,
  • Gaetano Fusco,
  • Chiara Colombaroni,
  • Esther González-González and
  • Soledad Nogués

12 December 2024

Encouraging older and newer mobility alternatives to standard privately owned cars, such as cycling and autonomous vehicles, is necessary to reduce pollution, enhance safety, increase transportation efficiency, and create a more sustainable urban env...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Paving the Future: Sustainable Road Design and Urban Mobility in Smart Cities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,786 Views
13 Pages

14 December 2022

Game user perception is of great significance for game developers and network operators for improving service quality and operational efficiency. At present, the most common approach is to use the linear model that considers only the impact of networ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,629 Views
15 Pages

4 January 2019

This article presents safe ship control optimization design for navigator advisory system. Optimal safe ship control is presented as multistage decision-making in a fuzzy environment and as multistep decision-making in a game environment. The navigat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radar and Sonar Imaging and Processing)
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  • Open Access
194 Views
30 Pages

A Hierarchical Decision-Making Framework Using Fuzzy-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning and Stackelberg Game Theory for Sustainable and Equitable EV Charging Management

  • Soumya Sathyan,
  • Nishant Thakkar,
  • Sheik Mohammed Sulthan,
  • Josep M. Guerrero and ,
  • V. Ravikumar Pandi and
  • Preetha Sreekumar
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 October 2026

Electric Vehicles (EVs) are being increasingly used in the transportation domain due to recent advancements in the field of energy systems. As such, there is an increased need for intelligent and sustainable EV charging infrastructure for large-scale...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,241 Views
15 Pages

13 June 2024

In view of the problem that mountain tunnel construction is prone to collapse risk and disaster accidents, this paper proposes a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method based on CRITIC and D-AHP combined weighting, which can effectively improve the acc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Disaster Prevention and Reduction for Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,079 Views
19 Pages

16 May 2020

This study presents a multi-robot navigation strategy based on a multi-objective decision-making algorithm, the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP). FAHP analytically selects an optimal position as a sub-goal among points on the sensing boundary...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Sensing and Control for Mobile Robotic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,001 Views
18 Pages

18 December 2023

Critical infrastructure is essential for the stability and development of modern society, and a combination of complex network theory and game theory has become a new research direction in the field of infrastructure protection. However, existing stu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fuzzy Decision Theory and Applications, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,031 Views
19 Pages

27 February 2024

Deep foundation pit support systems are important for reducing construction risks, to ensure the effectiveness and safety of support engineering, so the selection of a suitable support program is the inevitable requirement for the smooth construction...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies for Successful and Sustainable Construction and Maintenance Projects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,309 Views
19 Pages

21 August 2020

With the great progress of product development technology, product forms have been greatly enriched by cognitive differences; users and designers have formed a “cognitive friction” phenomenon in the product evaluation process, which resul...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Criteria Decision Aid methods in fuzzy decision problems – part II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
8,217 Views
22 Pages

An Integrated Decision-Making Model for Transformer Condition Assessment Using Game Theory and Modified Evidence Combination Extended by D Numbers

  • Lingjie Sun,
  • Yingyi Liu,
  • Boyang Zhang,
  • Yuwei Shang and ,
  • Haiwen Yuan and
  • Zhao Ma
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

31 August 2016

The power transformer is one of the most critical and expensive components for the stable operation of the power system. Hence, how to obtain the health condition of transformer is of great importance for power utilities. Multi-attribute decision-mak...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Transformer Diagnostics, Monitoring and Design Features)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,884 Views
11 Pages

19 May 2018

The allocation of pollution rights is significant to the economic development of a region, which determines the industrial structure of the region in another way. This study established an allocation model based on fuzzy coalition game theory. Format...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water Quality: A Component of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,649 Views
21 Pages

6 March 2025

At present, the high complexity of the environment, the uncertainty of income, and the choice of strategies have attracted extensive attention from all walks of life who are committed to studying the game of collaborative innovation between governmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,762 Views
13 Pages

29 November 2024

Decision-making involves selecting the best alternative based on evaluation criteria while considering environmental impacts. The translation of environmental factors into quantifiable mathematical expressions is challenging due to the inherent uncer...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture: Soil, Water and Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,351 Views
15 Pages

Surface Water Quality Evaluation Based on a Game Theory-Based Cloud Model

  • Bing Yang,
  • Chengguang Lai,
  • Xiaohong Chen,
  • Xiaoqing Wu and
  • Yanhu He

20 April 2018

Water quality evaluation is an essential measure to analyze water quality. However, excessive randomness and fuzziness affect the process of evaluation, thus reducing the accuracy of evaluation. Therefore, this study proposed a cloud model for evalua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water Quality: A Component of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,057 Views
22 Pages

26 September 2025

Large-scale water network projects are a crucial approach for the rational allocation of water resources and addressing water resource crises. Reliable sustainability evaluation is essential to ensure the sustainable operation of large-scale water ne...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,879 Views
27 Pages

Aggregated Power Indices for Measuring Indirect Control in Complex Corporate Networks with Float Shareholders

  • Izabella Stach,
  • Jacek Mercik,
  • Cesarino Bertini,
  • Barbara Gładysz and
  • Jochen Staudacher

27 February 2023

The purpose of this paper is to introduce new methods to measure the indirect control power of firms in complex corporate shareholding structures using the concept of power indices from cooperative game theory. The proposed measures vary in desirable...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decision Optimization in Information Theory and Game Theory)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,519 Views
23 Pages

22 January 2023

As a necessary infrastructure for new energy vehicles (NEV), charging piles have become a hot topic of social concern. Studying the innovation efficiency of charging pile companies can help to solve the development dilemma of the charging pile indust...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,362 Views
25 Pages

31 March 2023

The growth of healthcare waste (HCW) was driven by the spread of COVID-19. Effective HCW eradication has become a pressing global issue that requires immediate attention. Selecting an effective healthcare waste treatment technology (HCWTT) can aid in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Road to Sustainable Resources and Environmental Economics)
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  • Open Access
43 Citations
3,687 Views
31 Pages

8 November 2022

In this study, a new meta-heuristic optimization method inspired by the behavioral choices of animals and hunger-driven activities, called hunger games search (HGS), is suggested to solve and formulate the single- and multi-objective optimal power fl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power System Analysis, Operation and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,006 Views
17 Pages

Ecological Health Assessment with the Combination Weight Method for the River Reach after the Retirement and Renovation of Small Hydropower Stations

  • Feng Cai,
  • Zhinan Hu,
  • Beihan Jiang,
  • Weifang Ruan and ,
  • Shujuan Cai and
  • Huiling Zou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 January 2023

This study aimed to effectively evaluate the ecological restoration of the river reach where a small hydropower station was retired or renovated. An ecological health index system was constructed based on the environmental characteristics of the upst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Interrelationship between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,413 Views
25 Pages

Application of Game Theory Weighting in Roof Water Inrush Risk Assessment: A Case Study of the Banji Coal Mine, China

  • Yinghao Cheng,
  • Xingshuo Xu,
  • Peng Li,
  • Xiaoshuai Guo and ,
  • Wanghua Sui and
  • Gailing Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 August 2025

Mine roof water inrush represents a prevalent hazard in mining operations, characterized by its concealed onset, abrupt occurrence, and high destructiveness. Since mine water inrush is controlled by multiple factors, rigorous risk assessment in hydro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydrogeology and Regional Groundwater Flow)
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  • Open Access
149 Views
22 Pages

29 October 2026

Reclaimed water can alleviate urban water scarcity, but its utilization involves risks across production, transmission, utilization, and management. This study established an 18-indicator assessment system for Yuyao City. Analytic hierarchy process (...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,641 Views
17 Pages

A reliable transmission with QoE (Quality of Experience) guarantee is crucial for internet conversational service applications. However, due to the limited network bandwidth bottleneck effect and the drawback of transmission technology, there exists...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
6,255 Views
27 Pages

23 May 2018

The transformation of the power generation industry from coal-based to more sustainable energy sources is an irreversible trend. In China, the coal-fired power plant, as the main electric power supply facility at present, needs to know its own sustai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Energy Systems: From Primary to End-Use)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,270 Views
23 Pages

An artificial intelligence-based geostatistical optimization algorithm was developed to upgrade a test Iranian aquifer’s existing groundwater monitoring network. For that aquifer, a preliminary study revealed that a Multi-Layer Perceptron Artif...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Applications for Machine Learning)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,728 Views
30 Pages

25 February 2020

The intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) is applied in various decision-making problems to express vagueness and showed great success in realizing the day-to-day problems. The principal aim of this article is to develop an approach for solving multi-criter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operations Research Using Fuzzy Sets Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,428 Views
14 Pages

3 December 2018

The primary aim of this paper is to develop one kind of easy and effective method to solve fuzzy cooperative games with coalition values expressed by triangular fuzzy numbers (TFNs). This method ensures that each player should receive a TFN-typed fuz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,154 Views
26 Pages

22 May 2019

Imprecise constrained matrix games (such as fuzzy constrained matrix games, interval-valued constrained matrix games, and rough constrained matrix games) have attracted considerable research interest. This article is concerned with developing an effe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Criteria Decision Aid methods in fuzzy decision problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,448 Views
21 Pages

7 May 2025

The emergence of short video applications (“apps”) has facilitated the dissemination, inheritance, and protection of traditional sports and games (TSGs). However, the effectiveness of these apps in raising public awareness and responsibil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The “Constructive” Side of Media: Promoting Prosocial Behavior, Well-Being, and Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
527 Views
32 Pages

12 March 2026

To address high uncertainty, dynamic evolution, and limited information in emergency decision-making for major sudden disasters, this paper proposes a sliding-window game-theoretic method with four reference points for emergency response selection. F...

(This article belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,648 Views
32 Pages

19 July 2021

The increasing pressures from environmental crises are responsible for the green and sustainable choices made in supply chain management. Green logistics service supply chain (LSSC) operations play a significant role in reducing the environmental bur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,398 Views
12 Pages

11 November 2023

The present paper investigates a finite game with fuzzy sets of player strategies. It is proven that Nash equilibria constitute a type-2 fuzzy set defined on the universal set of strategy profiles. Furthermore, the corresponding type-2 membership fun...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,775 Views
22 Pages

Multi-Objective Operation Optimization of Park Microgrid Based on Green Power Trading Price Prediction in China

  • Xiqin Li,
  • Zhiyuan Zhang,
  • Yang Jiang,
  • Xinyu Yang and ,
  • Yuyuan Zhang,
  • Wei Li and
  • Baosong Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 December 2024

The dual-carbon objective aspires to enhance China’s medium- and long-term green power trading and facilitate the low-carbon economic operation of park microgrids from both medium- and long-term and spot market perspectives. First, the integrat...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,285 Views
36 Pages

A Fermatean Fuzzy Game-Theoretic Framework for Policy Design in Sustainable Health Supply Chains

  • Ertugrul Ayyildiz,
  • Mirac Murat,
  • Gokhan Ozcelik,
  • Bahar Yalcin Kavus and
  • Tolga Kudret Karaca

13 November 2025

Medicine and vaccine supply chains in Nigeria are socio-technical systems exposed to persistent uncertainty and disruption. Existing studies rarely integrate systems thinking with uncertainty-aware decision tools to jointly prioritize challenges and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Decision-Making and Risk Analysis in Transportation and Supply Chain Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
526 Views
43 Pages

2 September 2026

Multi-stakeholder supply chains require decision mechanisms capable of simultaneously interpreting dynamic system states, coordinating conflicting stakeholder interests, and managing uncertainty across interconnected operational decisions. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,437 Views
16 Pages

Intuitionistic-Fuzzy Goals in Zero-Sum Multi Criteria Matrix Games

  • Zia Bashir,
  • Jarosław Wątróbski,
  • Tabasam Rashid,
  • Wojciech Sałabun and
  • Jawad Ali

15 August 2017

The classical matrix theory is deficient to express the vagueness of the real life. The fuzzy set theory has been successfully applied to bridge this gap. Much work has already been done on a two-person zero sum matrix game with fuzzy goals. In conti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets Theory and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,842 Views
18 Pages

17 February 2023

The classic Cournot game ignores the influence of the players’ psychological behavior on the decision and cannot deal with the game problem of fuzzy information. To address such game situations, a credibilistic Cournot game is developed, where...

(This article belongs to the Section D2: Operations Research and Fuzzy Decision Making)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,107 Views
26 Pages

5 December 2023

The fusion of evolutionary algorithms and the solution concepts of cooperative game theory is proposed in this paper to solve the fuzzy optimization problems. The original fuzzy optimization problem is transformed into a scalar optimization problem b...

(This article belongs to the Section D2: Operations Research and Fuzzy Decision Making)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,787 Views
26 Pages

29 April 2024

A new methodology for solving the fuzzy multiobjective optimization problems is proposed in this paper by considering the fusion of cooperative game theory and genetic algorithm. The original fuzzy multiobjective optimization problem needs to be tran...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Fuzzy Modeling, Optimization and Computational Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
633 Views
29 Pages

30 April 2026

Refined decision-making of the design intent is a key factor affecting the iterative design of complex equipment products. While current research on design intent decision-making generally emphasizes methodological innovation, it often neglects the i...

(This article belongs to the Topic Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,575 Views
24 Pages

Game Optimization Theory and Application in Distribution System Expansion Planning, Including Distributed Generation

  • Ran Li,
  • Huizhuo Ma,
  • Feifei Wang,
  • Yihe Wang and ,
  • Yang Liu and
  • Zenghui Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 February 2013

Based on Game Theory and Multi-objective optimization problems (MOP), Game Optimization Theory (GOT) is discussed in this paper. Optimization Stability Analysis (OSA), Distance Entropy Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (DEMPSO) and Fuzzy Mu...

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  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,393 Views
25 Pages

24 July 2023

Aiming at the problem of multimodal transport path planning under uncertain environments, this paper establishes a multi-objective fuzzy nonlinear programming model considering mixed-time window constraints by taking cost, time, and carbon emission a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,292 Views
18 Pages

20 May 2022

With the ever-increasing demand for air traffic over the years, safety risk assessment has become significant in maintaining the operational safety of the air transport system for long-term development towards sustainability. This paper conducts a sa...

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  • Open Access
346 Views
16 Pages

Risk Assessment of Water Inrush for Underwater Tunnel Based on GT Combination Weighting and Interval Extension Theory

  • Sheng Wang,
  • Lingrun Yang,
  • Chen Yang,
  • Churu Zhang and ,
  • Lingling Gou and
  • Luyao Zuo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 August 2026

To achieve the accurate prediction of the dynamic risk of water and mud inrush during underwater tunnel construction, a two-stage risk assessment theory and methodology of water and mud inrush based on game theory combination weighting and interval e...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,452 Views
21 Pages

14 March 2018

In this paper, we consider a general model and solution algorithm for the energy management of combined cooling, heating, and power micro energy grid (MEG) under the game theory framework. An innovative dynamic leader-follower game strategy is propos...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
10,950 Views
20 Pages

Applying Game-Based Experiential Learning to Comprehensive Sustainable Development-Based Education

  • Shin-Jia Ho,
  • Yu-Shan Hsu,
  • Chien-Hung Lai,
  • Fong-Han Chen and
  • Ming-Hour Yang

20 January 2022

To promote the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), public awareness of the importance and urgency of sustainable development should be raised by providing relevant education programs. Although game-based learning has been confirmed...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
104 Citations
11,977 Views
22 Pages

1 November 2017

Energy management systems are essential and indispensable for the secure and optimal operation of autonomous polygeneration microgrids which include distributed energy technologies and multiple electrical loads. In this paper, a multi-agent decentral...

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