{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3207087233","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3233/jifs-210319","title":"An integrated approach to site selection for a big data center using PROMETHEE-MCGP methodology","display_name":"An integrated approach to site selection for a big data center using PROMETHEE-MCGP methodology","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-10-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3207087233","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3233/jifs-210319","mag":"3207087233"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3233/jifs-210319","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3233/jifs-210319","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S179157397","display_name":"Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems","issn_l":"1064-1246","issn":["1064-1246","1875-8967"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318577","host_organization_name":"IOS Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318577"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOS Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100734069","display_name":"Chenliang Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200845125","display_name":"Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02y0rxk19","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200845125"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chenliang Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200845125"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086980220","display_name":"Xiaobing Yu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5917-760X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200845125","display_name":"Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02y0rxk19","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200845125"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Xiaobing Yu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ministry of Education & Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China","School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ministry of Education & Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200845125"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200845125"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113093150","display_name":"Wen-Xuan Zhao","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173093425","display_name":"Chang Gung University","ror":"https://ror.org/00d80zx46","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173093425"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wen-Xuan Zhao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate Institute of Business Management, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan, ROC"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate Institute of Business Management, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan, ROC","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173093425"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5086980220"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200845125"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.1743,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.5544997,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"41","issue":"6","first_page":"6495","last_page":"6515"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.9990000128746033,"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":0.9990000128746033,"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/T10698","display_name":"Transportation Planning and Optimization","score":0.9854999780654907,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3313","display_name":"Transportation"},"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/T12709","display_name":"Optimization and Mathematical Programming","score":0.9828000068664551,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ranking","display_name":"Ranking (information retrieval)","score":0.7521389722824097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7246254086494446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-criteria-decision-analysis","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","score":0.6821768283843994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","score":0.5674500465393066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rank","display_name":"Rank (graph theory)","score":0.5249999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/big-data","display_name":"Big data","score":0.519654393196106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sustainability","display_name":"Sustainability","score":0.5176320672035217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.5154450535774231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/preference","display_name":"Preference","score":0.5085195302963257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/site-selection","display_name":"Site selection","score":0.5071811676025391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/construct","display_name":"Construct (python library)","score":0.5066683888435364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rationality","display_name":"Rationality","score":0.460019052028656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/goal-programming","display_name":"Goal programming","score":0.4562133848667145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-envelopment-analysis","display_name":"Data envelopment analysis","score":0.42527422308921814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-economics","display_name":"Environmental economics","score":0.36223500967025757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.3076608180999756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.22786355018615723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.14507892727851868},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.11306366324424744},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.09247836470603943}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189430467","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293293","display_name":"Ranking (information retrieval)","level":2,"score":0.7521389722824097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7246254086494446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11105738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1895805","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","level":2,"score":0.6821768283843994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.5674500465393066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164226766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293202","display_name":"Rank (graph theory)","level":2,"score":0.5249999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75684735","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q858810","display_name":"Big data","level":2,"score":0.519654393196106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66204764","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219416","display_name":"Sustainability","level":2,"score":0.5176320672035217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.5154450535774231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781249084","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908656","display_name":"Preference","level":2,"score":0.5085195302963257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780561860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7531796","display_name":"Site selection","level":2,"score":0.5071811676025391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780801425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164392","display_name":"Construct (python library)","level":2,"score":0.5066683888435364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201717286","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938185","display_name":"Rationality","level":2,"score":0.460019052028656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61157135","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345279","display_name":"Goal programming","level":2,"score":0.4562133848667145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22088475","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647974","display_name":"Data envelopment analysis","level":2,"score":0.42527422308921814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134560507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753291","display_name":"Environmental economics","level":1,"score":0.36223500967025757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.3076608180999756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.22786355018615723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.14507892727851868},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.11306366324424744},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.09247836470603943},{"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/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114614502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76592","display_name":"Combinatorics","level":1,"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/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3233/jifs-210319","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3233/jifs-210319","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S179157397","display_name":"Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems","issn_l":"1064-1246","issn":["1064-1246","1875-8967"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318577","host_organization_name":"IOS Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318577"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOS Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.5600000023841858,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":73,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W381492219","https://openalex.org/W630610374","https://openalex.org/W1511586213","https://openalex.org/W1748537427","https://openalex.org/W1905923734","https://openalex.org/W1937315645","https://openalex.org/W1976785804","https://openalex.org/W1989933653","https://openalex.org/W2003800557","https://openalex.org/W2011446372","https://openalex.org/W2012908264","https://openalex.org/W2014180255","https://openalex.org/W2014724259","https://openalex.org/W2019100560","https://openalex.org/W2020132534","https://openalex.org/W2028453732","https://openalex.org/W2028970622","https://openalex.org/W2030792561","https://openalex.org/W2035199981","https://openalex.org/W2038929515","https://openalex.org/W2040620206","https://openalex.org/W2048074027","https://openalex.org/W2062894646","https://openalex.org/W2065752879","https://openalex.org/W2072925895","https://openalex.org/W2074727391","https://openalex.org/W2095486363","https://openalex.org/W2099312961","https://openalex.org/W2113538243","https://openalex.org/W2146166250","https://openalex.org/W2150087081","https://openalex.org/W2154433641","https://openalex.org/W2211451569","https://openalex.org/W2281387228","https://openalex.org/W2473291804","https://openalex.org/W2533674553","https://openalex.org/W2566450758","https://openalex.org/W2620952469","https://openalex.org/W2626094353","https://openalex.org/W2745587173","https://openalex.org/W2746562699","https://openalex.org/W2756032694","https://openalex.org/W2779386455","https://openalex.org/W2782301536","https://openalex.org/W2782873727","https://openalex.org/W2909972633","https://openalex.org/W2912595635","https://openalex.org/W2948326109","https://openalex.org/W2952888749","https://openalex.org/W2963303550","https://openalex.org/W2967956131","https://openalex.org/W2979502508","https://openalex.org/W2981506493","https://openalex.org/W2981601811","https://openalex.org/W2987471688","https://openalex.org/W2990796344","https://openalex.org/W2997175299","https://openalex.org/W2998118727","https://openalex.org/W3004853401","https://openalex.org/W3006056849","https://openalex.org/W3007619906","https://openalex.org/W3020964922","https://openalex.org/W3021716134","https://openalex.org/W3037907514","https://openalex.org/W3040745443","https://openalex.org/W3047371543","https://openalex.org/W3049101820","https://openalex.org/W3101994482","https://openalex.org/W3122984467","https://openalex.org/W3123689642","https://openalex.org/W6695564908","https://openalex.org/W6720506105","https://openalex.org/W6728976260"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4388260134","https://openalex.org/W2801360836","https://openalex.org/W2351341309","https://openalex.org/W2359095791","https://openalex.org/W3211641683","https://openalex.org/W1992157395","https://openalex.org/W3135346546","https://openalex.org/W4391172934","https://openalex.org/W2085339553","https://openalex.org/W98418551"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,36],"today\u2019s":[1],"economy,":[2],"information":[3],"technology":[4],"(IT)":[5],"is":[6,40,132,156,213,225],"vitally":[7],"important,":[8],"and":[9,18,53,101,125,186],"the":[10,14,30,45,60,63,74,84,107,120,126,142,146,160,164,170,176,182,187,192,207,211,217,226],"increasing":[11],"use":[12],"of":[13,44,47,62,78,88,93,109,175,178],"Internet,":[15],"telecommunications":[16],"services,":[17],"internal":[19],"IT":[20],"networks":[21],"in":[22,29,91,113,234],"organizations":[23],"have":[24],"led":[25],"to":[26,140,158,169],"rapid":[27],"growth":[28],"demands":[31],"on":[32,83,206,216],"big":[33,49],"data":[34,50],"processing.":[35],"general,":[37],"site":[38,56,208],"selection":[39,209],"a":[41,48,54,67,72,198,232],"fundamental":[42],"part":[43],"design":[46],"center":[51],"(BDC),":[52],"poor":[55],"decision":[57,143],"can":[58],"affect":[59],"sustainability":[61],"facility.":[64],"To":[65],"construct":[66],"comprehensive":[68],"assessment":[69],"framework":[70],"for":[71,86,151,210,230],"BDC,":[73],"following":[75],"three":[76],"categories":[77],"indicators":[79,112],"are":[80,167,195],"determined":[81],"based":[82,215],"\u201cSpecification":[85],"Design":[87],"Data":[89],"Center\u201d":[90],"GB50174-2017":[92],"China:":[94],"economic":[95,161],"factors,":[96,100],"natural":[97],"climate":[98],"environment":[99],"energy":[102],"resources":[103],"factors.":[104,162],"After":[105],"explaining":[106],"rationality":[108],"choosing":[110],"these":[111],"detail,":[114],"an":[115,203],"integrated":[116],"method":[117,124,150,155],"that":[118,223],"combines":[119],"multi-criteria":[121],"decision-making":[122],"(MCDM)":[123],"multi-choice":[127],"goal":[128],"programming":[129],"(MCGP)":[130],"model":[131,172],"proposed.":[133],"The":[134,220],"proposed":[135,218],"approach":[136],"uses":[137],"two":[138],"phases":[139],"conduct":[141],"procedure.":[144],"First,":[145],"preference":[147],"ranking":[148],"organization":[149],"enrichment":[152],"evaluation":[153,165,188],"(PROMETHEE)":[154],"applied":[157],"evaluate":[159],"Then,":[163],"results":[166,189],"added":[168],"MCGP":[171,200],"as":[173,197],"one":[174],"goals":[177],"multi-objective":[179],"programming.":[180],"Second,":[181],"remaining":[183],"five":[184],"sub-indicators":[185],"generated":[190],"from":[191],"first":[193],"phase":[194],"formulated":[196],"complete":[199],"model.":[201],"Finally,":[202],"empirical":[204],"study":[205],"BDC":[212,233],"implemented":[214],"method.":[219],"result":[221],"shows":[222],"Guiyang":[224],"most":[227],"suitable":[228],"place":[229],"locating":[231],"China.":[235]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}