Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Review Article

Green Supplier Evaluation and Selections: A State-of-the-Art Literature Review of Models, Methods, and Applications

Table 1

GSES methods used in the reviewed literature.
ClassificationGSES methodReferenceFrequency
Distance-based methods (31)TOPSIS[17–37]21
GRA[38–43]6
EDAS[44, 45]2
MABAC[46]1
Relative-closeness coefficient[47]1
Compromise methods (19)VIKOR[48–61]14
MULTIMOORA[62–66]5
Outranking methods (14)ELECTRE[67–72]6
PROMETHEE[73–76]4
QUALIFLEX[77–80]4
Pairwise comparison methods (11)AHP[81–85]5
ANP[86–90]5
AQM[91]1
Mathematical programming methods (22)DEA[92–109]18
MOLP[110–113]4
Value and utility methods (30)TODIM[114–119]6
Prospect theory[120–122]3
Axiomatic design method[123–125]3
Possibilistic statistical method[126–128]3
Digraph and matrix method[128, 129]2
WASPAS[130–132]3
COPRAS[133, 134]2
MAUT[135]1
MARCOS[136]1
Range of value[137]1
Possibility degree[138]1
Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation[139]1
Fuzzy performance index[140]1
Fuzzy preference relationship[141]1
Piecewise linear value function[142]1
Aggregation operator-based methods (12)Choquet integral[143–146]4
Hybrid aggregation operator[147]1
Prioritized average operator[148]1
PBM operator[149]1
HFHPWA operator[150]1
IVIFGWHM operator[151]1
FWA operator[152]1
TOWA operator[153]1
SVTNDPNBM operator[154]1
Combined supplier selection methods (14)GRA-TOPSIS[155, 156]2
TOPSIS, MOORA, GRA[157]1
TOPSIS, VIKOR, GRA[158]1
MOORA, COPRAS[159]1
MOORA, WASPAS[160]1
MLMCDM, TOPSIS[161]1
AHP, TOPSIS, IRP[162]1
VIKOR, ELECTRE[163]1
ARAS, MOLP[164]1
TOPSIS, ELECTRE[165]1
TOPSIS, TODIM[166]1
TOPSIS, ANFIS[167]1
TOPSIS, FIS[168]1
Other supplier selection methods (9)Bayesian network, genetic algorithm[169]1
Bayesian framework, Monte Carlo Markov chain[170]1
Systems dynamics[171]1
FIS[172, 173]2
Satisfaction degree framework, regret theory[174]1
Consensus decision-making method[175]1
Decision-theoretic rough set[176]1
Six sigma quality indices[177]1
Supplier selection and order allocation methods (31)TOPSIS, MOLP[178–188]11
AHP, MOLP[189–192]4
GRA, MOLP[193]1
BWM, MOLP[194]1
QFD, MOLP[195]1
MOORA, FMEA, MOLP[196]1
Decision field theory, MOLP[197]1
AQM, MOLP[198]1
DEMATEL, Taguchi loss function, MOLP[199]1
MOLP model[200–208]9