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

Table 4

Green supplier evaluation methods used in the literature.

Evaluation methods	References	Frequency
Fuzzy sets (TFNs)	[17, 25, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 37, 42, 43, 50, 59, 67, 69, 81, 89, 100, 117, 123–125, 137, 142, 152, 158, 161, 162, 164, 165, 168, 171, 172, 177–181, 187, 188, 190, 192, 193, 196, 209]	44
Fuzzy sets (TrFNs)	[63, 106, 110, 112, 140, 148, 173, 183, 184, 195]	10
Interval type-2 fuzzy sets	[19, 22, 48, 64, 84, 115, 116, 131, 143, 149]	10
Intuitionistic fuzzy sets	[18, 23, 24, 33, 60, 121, 134, 155, 157]	9
Heterogeneous information	[46, 54, 73, 80, 122, 144]	6
Hesitant fuzzy sets	[35, 76, 77, 132, 150]	5
Interval-valued fuzzy sets	[49, 126–128]	4
Grey numbers	[38, 39, 41, 114]	4
Interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic sets	[149, 156, 193]	3
Interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets	[146, 151, 166]	3
Neutrosophic sets	[21, 52]	2
Rough sets	[68, 197]	2
Cloud model theory	[79, 138]	2
Interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy sets	[27, 108]	2
Picture fuzzy sets	[56, 61]	2
Interval-valued intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy sets	[57]	1
Interval type-2 trapezoidal fuzzy sets	[47]	1
2-Tuple linguistic variables	[153]	1
Interval 2-tuple linguistic variables	[147]	1
Hesitant 2-tuple linguistic variables	[145]	1
Interval neutrosophic sets	[29]	1
Probability hesitant fuzzy sets	[78]	1
Interval-valued hesitant fuzzy sets	[70]	1
Continuous interval-valued linguistic term set	[119]	1
Z-numbers	[182]	1
Linguistic Z-numbers	[198]	1
Rough cloud model	[31]	1
q-Rung orthopair fuzzy sets	[118]	1
q-Rung interval-valued orthopair fuzzy sets	[65]	1
Ordered weighted hesitant fuzzy sets	[20]	1
Single-valued complex neutrosophic sets	[45]	1
Single-valued triangular neutrosophic sets	[154]	1
Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets	[176]	1
Double hierarchy hesitant linguistic term sets	[197]	1
Hesitant fuzzy linguistic sets	[174]	1