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JAFARI, Alireza; ATAIE, Mohammad; ESMAIEL JALALI, Sayed Mohammad  y  RAMAZANZADEH, Ahmad. Preference of effective factors in suitable selection of Microtunnel Boring Machines (MTBM) by using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) approach . Rev. Mat [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.2, pp.249-263. ISSN 1409-2433.

The development of underground infrastructure, environmental concerns, and economic trend is influencing society. Due to the increasingly critical nature of installations of utility systems especially in congested areas, the need for monitoring and control system has increased. The microtunneling system will therefore have to provide for possibility of minimized surface disruption. Suitable selection of Microtunneling Boring Machine (MTBM) is the most curial decision that manager must be done. Because once the trenchless excavation has started, it might be too late to make any changes in equipment without extra costs and delays. Therefore, the various factors and parameters are affecting the choice of machine. In this paper discusses a developed methodology based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) in order to determine weights of the criteria and sub criteria and then ranking them. Within the proposed model, four criteria site, machinery, structural, labor force impact and 18 sub-criteria are specified. The linguistic level of comparisons produced by experts are tapped and constructed in a form of triangular fuzzy numbers in order to construct fuzzy pair wise comparison matrices. Therefore, FAHP uses the pair wise comparison matrices for determining the weights of the criteria and sub-criteria.

Palabras clave : Microtunnel Boring Machines (MTBMs); Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP); trenchless technology.

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