Title: A state-of the-art survey of interpretive structural modelling methodologies and applications

Authors: Bhaskar B. Gardas; Rakesh D. Raut; Balkrishna E. Narkhede

Addresses: Department of Production Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), H.R Mahajani Marg, Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Pin – 400019, India ' Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Vihar Lake, NITIE, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Pin – 400087, India ' Department of Production Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), H.R Mahajani Marg, Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Pin – 400019, India

Abstract: In this paper, a comprehensive review is projected to unfold, categorise and interpret the present research on interpretive structural modelling (ISM) approach, for this 126 scholarly papers are collected from journals, conference proceedings, PhD thesis out of which 88 papers are found useful and relevant to theme of this paper. All these papers are classified into three categories, non-application areas, application areas and other topics. The scholarly papers are also categorised into four categories such as: 1) year of publication; 2) journal of publication; 3) country in which research work is carried out; 4) the cost and quality criteria. This review paper covers the ISM approach in detail and highlights the areas/sectors to which it is applied successfully. The aim of the present paper is to meet the requirements of academicians and practitioners for references of ISM methodologies and applications, and hence promote the future of ISM research.

Keywords: ISM application areas; ISM methodologies; interpretive structural modelling; literature review; power matrix.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2017.082576

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2017 Vol.11 No.4, pp.505 - 560

Received: 01 Aug 2015
Accepted: 19 Sep 2015

Published online: 02 Mar 2017 *

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