Here is a list of master and Ph.D. theses that have applied BWM:
Ph.D. theses
Fahim, P.B.M. (2022). The Future of Ports in the Physical Internet. (Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Liang, F. (2021). Best-Worst Method: Inconsistency, Uncertainty, Consensus, and Range Sensitivity. (Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Onstein, A. T. C. (2021). Factors influencing Physical Distribution Structure Design. (Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Mohammadi, M. (2020). Ontology alignment: Simulated annealing-based system, statistical evaluation, and application to logistics interoperability. (Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Udoh, E. (2019). An Energy-Aware and Secure MAC Protocol for Tackling Denial-of-Sleep Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks. (Ph.D. thesis, University of Westminster).
Haddad, M. (2019). Using Sensitivity Analysis to select discrete Multiple Criteria Decision Making methods for management and engineering (Ph.D. thesis, University of Portsmouth).
Wan Ahmad, W.N.K. (2016). Contextual factors of sustainable supply chain management practices in the oil and gas industry. (Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Master theses
Koster, T.C. (2024). Decoding Beyond the Algorithm: Bayesian Best-Worst Approach for Assessing AI Financial Fraud Detection Systems using a Socio-Technical AI System Perspective. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Taets van Amerongen, C.L.S. (2024). Multi-criteria Analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Technologies: Integrating Environmental, Economic, Social, and Technical Criteria along with Stakeholder Perspectives to Compare Fast Pyrolysis, Hydrothermal Liquefaction, and HEFA Pathways. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
van Veen, E.M. (2024). Implementing Fair Streets for school zones in the Netherlands. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
van Santen, T.J.F. (2024). Determining Stakeholders’ Preferences towards Sustainable Aviation Technologies: A Bayesian Best-Worst Method in Assessing Sustainable Aviation Technologies Preferences. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Gopalakrishnan, A.N. (2024). Identification and prioritization of factors and their influence on corporate venturing success The analysis of influential factors affecting the success of the corporate ventures using the Best-Worst methodology and their prioritization assessment. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Vaandrager, C.C. (2024). From Risk to Resilience: A Strategic Procurement Approach to Risk Mitigation in the Supply Chain: Leveraging Supplier Relationship Management and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Risk Mitigation. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Aydin, M. (2023). Addressing Supply-Side Disruptions: Optimizing Supply Chain Performance through Supplier Selection and Risk Mitigation. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Berck, A.A.E. (2023). CCS: A Framework for Development: A Policy and Project-oriented Framework for the Evaluation of Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Projects; a Case Study Approach. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Thati, C. (2023). Development of maturity model for dryports in the Netherlands. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Makarević, M. (2023). Using BWM and ELECTRE III to aid manufacturing unit process optimization in Healthcare Technology industry. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Hofste, P.C. (2023). Design of an Ammonia Bunker Installation for Sea-going Vessels: A Best Worst Method Approach. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Stam, J.B. (2023). The factors determining cloud platform adoption: An exploratory study of the Dutch financial sector using the Best-Worst Method (BWM). (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Li, C. (2023). Criteria interdependency in Multi-criteria Decisionmaking on sustainability
Desalination for resource recovery case study. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
de Haas, V.A. (2022). Stakeholder preferences regarding sustainable aviation fuel technologies: Stakeholders’ preferences regarding different SAF technology pathways, in order to comply with the proposed SAF blending mandate by the European Commission . (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Valentin, M.J. (2022). Determining the preferences of different functionality levels regarding dynamic pricing in combination with electronic shelf labels in the Dutch food retail industry – a Bayesian BWM approach. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Jurg, M.F.M. (2022). Determining factors that dominate the adoption of quality standards in the semiconductor industry: a BWM approach. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
van Belzen, D. (2022). Developing a sustainability assessment tool for assessing Dutch highway designs. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Tatke, S. (2022). Analysis of Barriers for development of Green Hydrogen in United Arab Emirates (UAE): Barrier Analysis using a combination of Best-Worst Method (BWM) and Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Batenburg, L.J. (2022). Assessing the Important Factors for Obtaining Technological Dominance in the Concrete Armour Unit Industry. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Verbraeken, J. (2022). How can enterprise architects improve their firm’s digital innovativeness? (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Biemans, A.M. (2022). The heat is on: examining the weights of factors influencing the choice between residential heating systems and their differences across the Netherlands. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Schoneveld, M. (2022). Identifying the Importance of Performance Attributes for Innovations in Port Call Management: A BWM approach in multiple port cases. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
de Decker, G. (2021). Assessment of Sustainability-Driven Operational Innovations in the Airline Industry: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Perspective. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Siblesz, J.M. (2021). The Integrated Station: A transfer quality assessment model for multimodal stations. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Sliwinski, M. (2021). Eco-innovations on Chemelot: A technology battle between the future and the past. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Ouchan, A. (2021). Ranking of potential multi-modal water hubs to facilitate Seabubbles: Use of the Best-Worst Method to evaluate the decision criteria for selecting a potential best-fit multimodal water hub for Seabubbles, applied for a case study in the Drechtsteden region, The Netherlands. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Groeneveld, S. (2021). A Digital Platform for Information Systems in Dutch first-line healthcare:
A study on Boundary Resources. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Djordjevski, I. (2021). Crowd versus Experts Forecasting Technologies: Impact of Collective Diversity & Size on Collective Performance. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Athanasiou, G. (2021). Integrating Sustainable Objectives in Transmission System Operators’ Projects: A decision-support framework for the prioritisation and integration of sustainable objectives in projects. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
de Wit, F.F. (2021). A Structured Decision Making method to explore value trade-offs when selecting Household Water Treatment and Storage technologies. (Mater thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Fulari, S.C. (2020). Factors influencing the success within multi-mode standardization for selecting the Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging standards. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Mientjes, G.B. (2020). Maritime ports: Policy focus in the uncertain future of Physical Internet. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Hoogerbrugge, C.V.A. (2020). Facilitating standardization in corporate greenhouse gas accounting: Identifying success-determining factors that can be influenced in the process of creating a standardized corporate greenhouse gas accounting methodology. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Bekar, O. (2020). Surviving in innovation ecosystems: Critical factors behind managers’ strategic decision-making rationale and the implications on firms’ strategies. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Thugudam, L.K. (2020). Prioritizing quality dimensions for a Polymer industry using Best-Worst Method. (Mater thesis, Mississippi State University).
Kalpoe, R. (2020). A multi-criteria assessment to determine the customers’ technology preference in the context of apparel e-commerce. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Duchemin, R. (2020). Predicting Customer Churn: Using the Best-Worst Method to Compare Models on more than just Accuracy. (Master thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam).
Raaness, H. (2020). Impacts of big data analytics capabilities on the triple bottom line: The case of a Norwegian maritime cluster. (Master thesis, University of South-Eastern Norway).
Ahmed, M. (2019). Storage assignment of (semi-)finished products in an environment with multiple plants, warehouses, and production lines. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Švent, N. (2019). Project-financed Infrastructure: a Systematic Approach to Evaluating Project Complexity From a Lenders’ Perspective. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Janssen, D. (2019). A Multi-Criteria Analysis on Digitizing Services in the Port of Rotterdam. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Septian, K. (2019). Selecting Large Infrastructure Projects with Belief-Based Best-Worst Method: A Case Study of Infrastructure Development Acceleration in Indonesia. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Ellens, M. (2018). Decision support framework for the allocation of production processes within multi-facility machinery manufacturing organizations. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Ram, B. (2018). Factors for Dominance during a Standards Battle: An analysis of the contribution of factors for dominance during the phases of standards battles in general. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Brispat, P. (2017). Perception Based Decision-making for Public Transport Investments. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Xie, Y. (2017). Quantifying the performance age of highway bridges. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Aelfers, S. (2017). Analysing sustainable transport packaging solutions for the home delivery of dry groceries: A case study at PostNL. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Papakonstantinou, T. (2017). The Effects of Supply Chain Sustainability Criteria on Selecting the Optimal Package Design. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Nieto, J.P. (2017). The effects of the introduction of the European Digital Single Market of mobile roaming in the Netherlands: the impact over the social values. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Rodríguez Alonso, D. (2017). Explaining technology dominance in the standards battle between battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles using Best Worst Method. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Anantapantula, A. (2017). Factors affecting standard dominance in the battle between EDIFACT versus XBRL data exchange standards in India. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Oudshoorn, F.C. (2017). Decision Support Methods within the spatial-infrastructural planning process. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
van Roekel, W.S. (2017). Improving international logistics performance measurement. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
van Straaten, J.C. (2017). A heuristic integrated design and planning framework for capacity expansion problems in transportation systems under uncertainties. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Kothadiya, O.M. (2016). Providing good service quality and customer satisfaction for airline ground services. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Liu, W. (2016). Determining the importance of factors for transport modes in freight transportation. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
van Roode, D.P. (2016). Classifying the contextual dependency of critical quality factors. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Van Wulfften Palthe, L. (2016). Port selection based on attraction and competition: a transport chain approach. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Kizhakenath, A. (2016). Social acceptance of smart meters. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Bezerianos, G. (2016). Market choice opportunities for gas sweetening technologies. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Nispeling, T. (2015). Multi-criteria supplier selection in the edible oil industry. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Groenendijk, L. (2015). Incorporating the traveler’s experience value in assessing the quality of transit nodes: A Rotterdam case study. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Verwijs, E.C.J.E. (2015). A Mixed Method Approach to assess performance of alternatives of ‘inbound to manufacturing transport’ in central procurement at DanTrade. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Sadaghiani, S. (2014). Evaluation of external forces affecting supply chain sustainability of Oil & Gas Industry by using Best Worst Method. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Wang, J. (2014). Supplier development for different supplier segments . (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Bakker, S.W. (2014). Improving the performance of the trolley supply chain with a focus on visibility. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).
Hemmes, A.F. (2014). Air freight transportation configurations: Exploration of optimization possibilities in the freight chain within Europe of KLM Cargo. (Master thesis, Delft University of Technology).