FUCOM-MARCOS Model for Selection of Parking Places for Vehicles of Dangerous Goods: Example of Selected Road Section

Authors

  • Dragan Smiljanić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Siniša Sremac University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Gordan Stojić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Željko Stević University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54820/entrenova-2025-0012

Keywords:

Dangerous goods, FUCOM, MACROS

Abstract

One important activity that is insufficiently researched in the field of supply chain for dangerous goods concerns the locations where vehicles carrying dangerous goods are parked. In the territory of Serbia, where the research was conducted, there are no prescribed locations of this type. This paper presents an example of selecting suitable parking locations for vehicles carrying dangerous goods along a road section of the highway network in the Republic of Serbia. For that purpose, the integrated MCDM model, consisting of the FUCOM and MARCOS methods, has been applied. FUCOM is used to determine the weighting coefficients, while the MARCOS method is used to rank locations. The results represent the selection of the most suitable locations in relation to the length of the observed section and the direction. Verification of the proposed model was performed through sensitivity and comparative analyses, and the calculation of correlation coefficients.

Author Biographies

  • Dragan Smiljanić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Dragan Smiljanić, PhD student, completed his undergraduate and master's studies at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, majoring in Traffic and Transportation, with an average grade of 9.9, earning the title of Graduate Traffic Engineer - Master. Winner of the prestigious "Živojin Ćulum" award for the best student in undergraduate and master's academic studies. Doctoral student at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, majoring in Traffic Engineering. The subject of the doctoral dissertation research is parking for vehicles carrying dangerous goods. After completing the research, the topic title was agreed upon as "Fuzzy multi-criteria model for determining parking lots for vehicles with dangerous goods". The author can be contacted at: targija996@gmail.com

  • Siniša Sremac, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Siniša Sremac, PhD, is a Full professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. His research interests include logistics, supply chain management, transport economics, inventory management using artificial intelligence, modelling, and applications of expert systems. So far, he has published 118 scientific papers, including 18 in leading international journals. As a co-author, he published the textbook "Transportation and Logistics: Properties and Flows of Goods" with the Faculty of Technical Sciences. He has established cooperation with the economy in the field of transport of dangerous goods. He is the manager of Drivers and Security Advisers Training in the Transport of Dangerous Goods. He actively participated in the establishment and management of the Cluster of Dangerous Goods of Serbia. The author can be contacted at: sremacs@uns.ac.rs

  • Gordan Stojić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia

    PhD Gordan Stojić is a full professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences at the University of Novi Sad. The field of scientific research is focused on the following areas: modelling technology and capacity in traffic and transport, artificial intelligence and its application in rail traffic and transport, implementation of new technologies in the rail transport of passengers and goods, organization of rail wagons flows, intermodal transport technologies, management of railway infrastructure, simulation of traffic and transport processes and application of multi-criteria analysis in traffic, transport, and logistics. As an author or co-author, he has over 100 papers, including 18 published in SCI-listed journals and 2 technical solutions. He has published four university and five high school textbooks as an author or co-author. Currently, he has 550 heterocitations (source: Scopus) and over 1100 citations (source: Google Scholar), an h-index of 16, and an i10-index of 20. The author can be contacted at: gordan@uns.ac.rs

  • Željko Stević, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Željko STEVIĆ, PhD, is an Associate professor at the University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Doboj, and vice-dean for science, research, and entrepreneurship. Interests: logistics; supply chain management; multimodal and intermodal transport; traffic engineering; soft computing; multi-criteria decision- making problems; rough set theory; sustainability; fuzzy set theory; neutrosophic set theory. He has published over 200 papers (120 in S/SCIE) in his area of interest. Throughout his research, he has made excellent applications and practical contributions to solving problems in transportation, logistics, supply chain management, traffic engineering, and the economy, among others. Google Scholar – H50. (SCOPUS – H38), (WoS – H32). The author can be contacted at: zeljko.stevic@sf.ues.rs.ba

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Published

2026-02-20

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

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FUCOM-MARCOS Model for Selection of Parking Places for Vehicles of Dangerous Goods: Example of Selected Road Section. (2026). ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Journal, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.54820/entrenova-2025-0012