A Multicriteria Approach for the Optimal Location of Gasoline Stations Being Transformed as Self-Service in Taiwan

Table 1

Definitions of the ten subcriteria for the case problem.

Subcriterion	Definition
SC1: average number of cars	Average number of cars per day
SC2: average number of motorcycles	Average number of motorcycles per day
SC3: waiting time	Customer’s average waiting time in line for refueling (min)
SC4: average fuel consumption	The amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle per day (dL)
SC5: number of competitors	The number of similar gas services within 2 kilometers
SC6: average swipe rate	The percentage of swipes utilized by the customers per day (%)
SC7: neighborhood acceptance	The percentage of neighbors willing to accept or use the new technology (%)
SC8: number of gas pump islands	Number of gas pump islands in the gas station
SC9: number of gas pumps	Total number of gas pumps in the gas station
SC10: floor area or lot size	The floor size of the gas station (m^2)