{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3152567754","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3071454","title":"A Customized Metaheuristic Approaches for Improving Supplier Selection in Intelligent Decision Making","display_name":"A Customized Metaheuristic Approaches for Improving Supplier Selection in Intelligent Decision Making","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3152567754","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3071454","mag":"3152567754"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2021.3071454","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3071454","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/9312710/09398672.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/9312710/09398672.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102011279","display_name":"A. S. Karthik Kannan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-5348"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. S. Karthik Kannan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Information Technology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-5348","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Information Technology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073860431","display_name":"S. Balamurugan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-3253"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I112471378","display_name":"Central University of Tamil Nadu","ror":"https://ror.org/03ytqnm28","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I112471378"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S. Appavu Alias Balamurugan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-3253","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I112471378"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100726492","display_name":"S. Sasikala","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104323","display_name":"Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/00x9zs206","country_code":"IN","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104323"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S. Sasikala","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-6349","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104323"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":1850,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1850},"apc_paid":{"value":1850,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1850},"fwci":0.8962,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.75448776,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"9","issue":null,"first_page":"56228","last_page":"56239"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9998999834060669,"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/T12135","display_name":"Fuzzy Systems and Optimization","score":0.9958000183105469,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2613","display_name":"Statistics and Probability"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/26","display_name":"Mathematics"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11063","display_name":"Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic","score":0.9840999841690063,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7253939509391785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/topsis","display_name":"TOPSIS","score":0.7135680317878723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/analytic-hierarchy-process","display_name":"Analytic hierarchy process","score":0.7008303999900818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.5348531007766724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","score":0.5151023268699646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group-decision-making","display_name":"Group decision-making","score":0.49683454632759094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaheuristic","display_name":"Metaheuristic","score":0.4862295687198639},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ideal-solution","display_name":"Ideal solution","score":0.4716469645500183},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.46333232522010803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operator","display_name":"Operator (biology)","score":0.4101415276527405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.3168341815471649},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.3018586337566376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.23866921663284302},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.1608390212059021}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7253939509391785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51566761","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1235853","display_name":"TOPSIS","level":2,"score":0.7135680317878723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87345402","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485202","display_name":"Analytic hierarchy process","level":2,"score":0.7008303999900818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.5348531007766724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.5151023268699646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20701700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q388791","display_name":"Group decision-making","level":2,"score":0.49683454632759094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109718341","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385229","display_name":"Metaheuristic","level":2,"score":0.4862295687198639},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89591040","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779030","display_name":"Ideal solution","level":2,"score":0.4716469645500183},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.46333232522010803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17020691","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139677","display_name":"Operator (biology)","level":5,"score":0.4101415276527405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.3168341815471649},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3018586337566376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.23866921663284302},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.1608390212059021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158448853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q425218","display_name":"Repressor","level":4,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86339819","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q407384","display_name":"Transcription factor","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2021.3071454","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3071454","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/9312710/09398672.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:03785567ffa446e59d080eeb3f6ed53f","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/03785567ffa446e59d080eeb3f6ed53f","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,"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":"IEEE Access, Vol 9, Pp 56228-56239 (2021)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2021.3071454","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3071454","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/9312710/09398672.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.800000011920929,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3152567754.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3152567754.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":54,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W151669354","https://openalex.org/W1698059316","https://openalex.org/W1726410273","https://openalex.org/W1975405637","https://openalex.org/W1980651380","https://openalex.org/W1990844459","https://openalex.org/W2026251065","https://openalex.org/W2038779958","https://openalex.org/W2049122717","https://openalex.org/W2053493853","https://openalex.org/W2069069851","https://openalex.org/W2094438201","https://openalex.org/W2101147373","https://openalex.org/W2112965436","https://openalex.org/W2113532413","https://openalex.org/W2116522872","https://openalex.org/W2118003794","https://openalex.org/W2131679551","https://openalex.org/W2131736385","https://openalex.org/W2134279276","https://openalex.org/W2138962584","https://openalex.org/W2142518420","https://openalex.org/W2144232912","https://openalex.org/W2144310047","https://openalex.org/W2152101620","https://openalex.org/W2157687268","https://openalex.org/W2161739267","https://openalex.org/W2167038331","https://openalex.org/W2167510151","https://openalex.org/W2290483478","https://openalex.org/W2503823584","https://openalex.org/W2537422308","https://openalex.org/W2560101148","https://openalex.org/W2563621803","https://openalex.org/W2590133556","https://openalex.org/W2600418635","https://openalex.org/W2737747757","https://openalex.org/W2802610086","https://openalex.org/W2889899570","https://openalex.org/W2914878128","https://openalex.org/W2922416498","https://openalex.org/W2954106364","https://openalex.org/W2981198616","https://openalex.org/W2998717292","https://openalex.org/W3015592367","https://openalex.org/W3091722739","https://openalex.org/W3098151914","https://openalex.org/W3122797860","https://openalex.org/W6606209533","https://openalex.org/W6637189487","https://openalex.org/W6656665545","https://openalex.org/W6696558005","https://openalex.org/W6715728965","https://openalex.org/W6754378863"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2354374382","https://openalex.org/W2322700324","https://openalex.org/W2523841832","https://openalex.org/W2388024254","https://openalex.org/W2804099782","https://openalex.org/W2003410823","https://openalex.org/W3200350392","https://openalex.org/W1967317124","https://openalex.org/W4281734887","https://openalex.org/W2233779637"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"proposes":[2],"a":[3,22,32,126],"metaheuristic":[4,115],"approach":[5,27,165],"for":[6,12,97,100,129],"Group":[7],"Decision":[8],"Making":[9],"(GDM)":[10],"model":[11,150],"integrating":[13],"heterogeneous":[14,19,29,127,178,182],"information.":[15],"Instead":[16],"of":[17,59,113,171],"converting":[18],"information":[20,30,40,179],"into":[21],"single":[23],"form,":[24],"the":[25,46,49,57,60,67,71,89,114,123,148,163,169,181],"proposed":[26,149,164],"incorporates":[28],"using":[31,110],"Weighted":[33],"Power":[34],"Average":[35],"(WPA)":[36],"operator":[37],"to":[38,65,121,134,146],"prevent":[39],"loss.":[41],"The":[42,83,140,159],"consensus":[43,84],"degree":[44],"between":[45],"individual":[47,68],"and":[48,102,151],"group":[50],"(decision":[51],"matrix)":[52],"is":[53,76,86,138,144],"then":[54],"determined":[55],"on":[56],"basis":[58],"deviation":[61],"degree.":[62],"In":[63,117],"addition,":[64,118],"adjust":[66],"decision":[69],"matrix,":[70],"iterative":[72],"algorithm's":[73],"feedback":[74],"mechanism":[75],"used,":[77],"which":[78],"does":[79],"not":[80,166],"achieve":[81],"consensus.":[82],"GDM":[85,157,183],"used":[87],"by":[88,109,132],"Analytic":[90],"Hierarchy":[91],"Process":[92],"(AHP),":[93],"an":[94],"imperative":[95],"technique":[96],"generating":[98],"weights":[99,106],"each":[101],"every":[103],"criteria.":[104],"These":[105],"are":[107],"optimized":[108],"Jaya,":[111],"one":[112],"algorithms.":[116],"in":[119,180],"order":[120],"choose":[122],"best":[124],"alternative,":[125],"Technique":[128],"Order":[130],"Preference":[131],"Similarity":[133],"Ideal":[135],"Solution":[136],"(TOPSIS)":[137],"used.":[139],"supplier":[141],"selection":[142],"problem":[143],"chosen":[145],"validate":[147],"compare":[152],"it":[153],"with":[154],"other":[155],"similar":[156],"models.":[158],"results":[160],"show":[161],"that":[162],"only":[167],"prevents":[168],"loss":[170],"information,":[172],"but":[173],"can":[174],"also":[175],"effectively":[176],"integrate":[177],"environment.":[184]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}