Improved DEMATEL methodology for effective safety management decision-making

Mohammad Yazdi, Faisal Khan, Rouzbeh Abbassi, Risza Rusil

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Abstract

Decision-making is a critical step in safety and risk analysis. Decision-making is conducted according to the different sources of information often elicited from filed matter and subject matter experts. Many team-based decision-making methods are developed to identify hazards, determine intervention actions, and to prioritize the efforts to reduce the risk in given conditions. However, the majority of decision-making methods are based on idealistic assumptions such as risk contributing factor in a complex system and independency between the factors. In reality, there is strong interaction among the risk factors and also among the sources of information used in decision-making procedure. There is a requirement to use a decision-making framework that captures the dependency of the risk factors and the source of information. This is achieved by integrating DEMATEL (decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory) methodology with Best-Worst method (BWM) and Bayesian network (BN). The integration is considered at two different stages in the DEMATEL methodology. Application of the integrated DEMATEL is illustrated by adopting a case study of safety management in the high-tech industry.
Original languageEnglish
Article number104705
Pages (from-to)1-17
Number of pages17
JournalSafety Science
Volume127
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020

Keywords

  • Group decision-making
  • DEMATEL
  • BWM
  • Bayesian network
  • Safety management system

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