{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3000239151","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","title":"A Hybrid MCDM Model to Select Optimal Hosts of Variety Shows in the Social Media Era","display_name":"A Hybrid MCDM Model to Select Optimal Hosts of Variety Shows in the Social Media Era","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-01-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3000239151","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","mag":"3000239151"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/sym12010125","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/1/125/pdf?version=1578705908","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S190787756","display_name":"Symmetry","issn_l":"2073-8994","issn":["2073-8994"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Symmetry","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/1/125/pdf?version=1578705908","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087684831","display_name":"Lee-Chun Wu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149962","display_name":"Sanming University","ror":"https://ror.org/044pany34","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210149962"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lee-Chun Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Economics and Management, Sanming University, Sanming 365004, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Economics and Management, Sanming University, Sanming 365004, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149962"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013601650","display_name":"Kuei\u2010Lun Chang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-7327","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-7327"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192703390","display_name":"Ming Chuan University","ror":"https://ror.org/02pgvzy25","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192703390"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Kuei-Lun Chang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of New Media and Communication Administration, Ming Chuan University, Taipei 11103, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-7327","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of New Media and Communication Administration, Ming Chuan University, Taipei 11103, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192703390"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008535333","display_name":"Sen\u2010Kuei Liao","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I118292597","display_name":"National Taipei University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00cn92c09","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I118292597"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sen-Kuei Liao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Business Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Business Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I118292597"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5013601650"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192703390"],"apc_list":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1479},"apc_paid":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1479},"fwci":1.742,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":13,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.85242209,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"12","issue":"1","first_page":"125","last_page":"125"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12443","display_name":"Delphi Technique in Research","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11734","display_name":"Decision Support System Applications","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/television-channels","display_name":"television stations","score":0.824999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hybrid-mcdm","display_name":"hybrid MCDM","score":0.902999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fuzzy-delphi-method","display_name":"fuzzy Delphi method","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dematel","display_name":"DEMATEL","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/analytic-network-process","display_name":"analytic network process","score":0.9909999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/topsis","display_name":"TOPSIS","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection-criteria","display_name":"selection criteria","score":0.6779999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media-competition","display_name":"social media competition","score":0.6690000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-celebrities","display_name":"internet celebrities","score":0.8690000176429749}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136197465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729295","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","level":2,"score":0.8730515241622925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11105738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1895805","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","level":2,"score":0.7471935749053955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51566761","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1235853","display_name":"TOPSIS","level":2,"score":0.7268304228782654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6704117059707642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.6551655530929565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185874996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269699","display_name":"Interdependence","level":2,"score":0.6399966478347778},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.5002913475036621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189430467","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293293","display_name":"Ranking (information retrieval)","level":2,"score":0.49307605624198914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87345402","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485202","display_name":"Analytic hierarchy process","level":2,"score":0.4914668798446655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176459437","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485190","display_name":"Analytic network process","level":3,"score":0.46654629707336426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224821","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","level":2,"score":0.45941221714019775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.45103439688682556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60641444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841602","display_name":"Delphi method","level":2,"score":0.44361525774002075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.43772563338279724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126831891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221673","display_name":"Host (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4320807158946991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779495148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487378","display_name":"Delphi","level":2,"score":0.4317566156387329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.41996362805366516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164226766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293202","display_name":"Rank (graph theory)","level":2,"score":0.412672758102417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.3979857265949249},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.256761372089386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.14283716678619385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.13730615377426147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.11605456471443176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.09579887986183167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.08319962024688721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114614502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76592","display_name":"Combinatorics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/sym12010125","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/1/125/pdf?version=1578705908","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S190787756","display_name":"Symmetry","issn_l":"2073-8994","issn":["2073-8994"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Symmetry","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:a5d225bf1400478db30b65f6b6bbbb9c","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/a5d225bf1400478db30b65f6b6bbbb9c","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Symmetry, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 125 (2020)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/sym12010125","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12010125","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/1/125/pdf?version=1578705908","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S190787756","display_name":"Symmetry","issn_l":"2073-8994","issn":["2073-8994"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Symmetry","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.8100000023841858,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3000239151.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3000239151.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":55,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1511881172","https://openalex.org/W1967477166","https://openalex.org/W1998834752","https://openalex.org/W2000207828","https://openalex.org/W2007367842","https://openalex.org/W2014147106","https://openalex.org/W2023150718","https://openalex.org/W2034008273","https://openalex.org/W2039799510","https://openalex.org/W2040045806","https://openalex.org/W2051068131","https://openalex.org/W2061642224","https://openalex.org/W2070810352","https://openalex.org/W2124121261","https://openalex.org/W2154450225","https://openalex.org/W2158038271","https://openalex.org/W2161171399","https://openalex.org/W2178578829","https://openalex.org/W2265144983","https://openalex.org/W2323737566","https://openalex.org/W2323783324","https://openalex.org/W2334616541","https://openalex.org/W2337409935","https://openalex.org/W2340767375","https://openalex.org/W2399561487","https://openalex.org/W2400599106","https://openalex.org/W2464342393","https://openalex.org/W2506768821","https://openalex.org/W2514651717","https://openalex.org/W2520620703","https://openalex.org/W2740435134","https://openalex.org/W2740673128","https://openalex.org/W2749378932","https://openalex.org/W2765535137","https://openalex.org/W2766314772","https://openalex.org/W2783745907","https://openalex.org/W2788963488","https://openalex.org/W2792188050","https://openalex.org/W2803475921","https://openalex.org/W2808012952","https://openalex.org/W2901247931","https://openalex.org/W2905185688","https://openalex.org/W2911735711","https://openalex.org/W2913466240","https://openalex.org/W2916005054","https://openalex.org/W2917561171","https://openalex.org/W2919954361","https://openalex.org/W2922392018","https://openalex.org/W2933074967","https://openalex.org/W2947003668","https://openalex.org/W2947910571","https://openalex.org/W2965179410","https://openalex.org/W2992326218","https://openalex.org/W3028313630","https://openalex.org/W4254278018"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3154161952","https://openalex.org/W2963319272","https://openalex.org/W2778781604","https://openalex.org/W2898115765","https://openalex.org/W4235219488","https://openalex.org/W2062050714","https://openalex.org/W2139939063","https://openalex.org/W2030487194","https://openalex.org/W2971523465","https://openalex.org/W2031546510"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,77,121,198],"selection":[1,89,122,231,245],"of":[2,64,91,134,186,202,236],"the":[3,35,71,88,101,104,108,119,138,148,167,170,176,191,203,219,227,234,244],"optimal":[4,62,192],"variety":[5,65,92,171,193,228],"show":[6,93,172,194,229],"hosts":[7,63,195],"is":[8],"a":[9,18,26,84,210,215,224],"key":[10],"to":[11,56,60,99,107,113,165,218],"television":[12,68,135,187],"stations.":[13,136],"However,":[14],"no":[15],"study":[16,150,241],"has":[17],"deal":[19],"with":[20,131,153],"this":[21,24,240],"issue.":[22],"In":[23,233],"paper,":[25],"hybrid":[27],"multiple":[28],"criteria":[29,90,123,143,161,246],"decision-making":[30,39],"(MCDM)":[31],"model":[32,205,225],"based":[33],"on":[34,147,179],"fuzzy":[36,78,139],"Delphi":[37,79,140],"method,":[38,141],"trial":[40],"and":[41,49,129,151,182,200],"evaluation":[42],"laboratory":[43],"(DEMATEL),":[44],"analytic":[45],"network":[46],"process":[47],"(ANP),":[48],"technique":[50],"for":[51,67,87,169],"order":[52],"preference":[53],"by":[54,209,222],"similarity":[55],"ideal":[57],"solution":[58],"(TOPSIS)":[59],"choose":[61],"shows":[66],"stations":[69,188],"in":[70,226],"social":[72,237],"media":[73,238],"era":[74],"was":[75,81,97,111],"developed.":[76],"method":[80],"taken":[82],"as":[83],"screening":[85],"tool":[86],"hosts.":[94],"Then,":[95],"DEMATEL":[96],"applied":[98],"verify":[100],"interdependencies":[102],"between":[103],"perspectives.":[105],"According":[106],"interdependencies,":[109],"ANP":[110],"employed":[112],"obtain":[114],"weights.":[115],"Finally,":[116],"TOPSIS":[117],"ranked":[118],"alternatives.":[120],"were":[124,144,206],"gathered":[125],"from":[126,247],"previous":[127],"researches":[128],"discussions":[130],"senior":[132,155],"executives":[133],"By":[137],"12":[142,159,183],"identified.":[145],"Based":[146],"past":[149],"consultations":[152],"four":[154,163,180],"executives,":[156],"we":[157],"classified":[158],"essential":[160],"into":[162],"perspectives":[164,181],"develop":[166],"hierarchy":[168,177],"host":[173,230],"selection.":[174],"Under":[175],"base":[178],"criteria,":[184],"managers":[185],"could":[189],"select":[190],"more":[196],"effectively.":[197],"usability":[199],"efficiency":[201],"proposed":[204],"also":[207,242],"considered":[208],"case":[211],"study.":[212],"We":[213],"offered":[214],"distinct":[216],"contribution":[217],"prior":[220],"studies":[221],"providing":[223],"field.":[232],"context":[235],"competition,":[239],"added":[243],"Internet":[248],"celebrities.":[249]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}