PMID- 31810208
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200325
LR  - 20200325
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 23
DP  - 2019 Dec 2
TI  - Cold Chain Logistics Management of Medicine with an Integrated Multi-Criteria 
      Decision-Making Method.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph16234843 [doi]
LID - 4843
AB  - Medicine is the main means to reduce cancer mortality. However, some medicines 
      face various risks during transportation and storage due to the particularity of 
      medicines, which must be kept at a low temperature to ensure their quality. In 
      this regard, it is of great significance to evaluate and select drug cold chain 
      logistics suppliers from different perspectives to ensure the quality of 
      medicines and reduce the risks of transportation and storage. To solve such a 
      multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem, this paper proposes an 
      integrated model based on the combination of the SWARA (stepwise weight 
      assessment ratio analysis) and CoCoSo (combined compromise solution) methods 
      under the probabilistic linguistic environment. An adjustment coefficient is 
      introduced to the SWARA method to derive criteria weights, and an improved CoCoSo 
      method is proposed to determine the ranking of alternatives. The two methods are 
      extended to the probabilistic linguistic environment to enhance the applicability 
      of the two methods. A case study on the selection of drug cold chain logistics 
      suppliers is presented to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed 
      integrated MCDM model. The advantages of the proposed methods are highlighted 
      through comparative analyses.
FAU - Wen, Zhi
AU  - Wen Z
AD  - Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
FAU - Liao, Huchang
AU  - Liao H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8278-3384
AD  - Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
AD  - Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, 
      Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence 
      (DaSCI), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
FAU - Ren, Ruxue
AU  - Ren R
AD  - Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
FAU - Bai, Chunguang
AU  - Bai C
AD  - School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and 
      Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
FAU - Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras
AU  - Zavadskas EK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3201-949X
AD  - Institute of Sustainable Construction, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 
      LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania.
FAU - Antucheviciene, Jurgita
AU  - Antucheviciene J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1734-3216
AD  - Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Vilnius Gediminas 
      Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania.
FAU - Al-Barakati, Abdullah
AU  - Al-Barakati A
AD  - Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, 
      Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20191202
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
RN  - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents)
RN  - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations)
SB  - IM
MH  - Antineoplastic Agents/*standards/*therapeutic use
MH  - Decision Making
MH  - *Decision Support Techniques
MH  - Delivery of Health Care/*organization & administration
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Neoplasms/*drug therapy
MH  - Pharmaceutical Preparations/*standards
MH  - Refrigeration/*standards
PMC - PMC6926857
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - clinical decision-support systems
OT  - combined compromise solution (CoCoSo)
OT  - drug cold chain logistics
OT  - multiple criteria decision-making
OT  - probabilistic linguistic term set
OT  - stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA)
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2019/12/08 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/26 06:00
PMCR- 2019/12/01
CRDT- 2019/12/08 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/11/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/11/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/12/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/12/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph16234843 [pii]
AID - ijerph-16-04843 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph16234843 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Dec 2;16(23):4843. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph16234843.