Shipping is the oldest and internationally recognized industry. It helps many national and international businesses by transporting vast amount of goods from one place to another. Most of the businesses in Bangladesh are depended on sea ports. For this reason, shipping services are very important in Bangladesh. To maximize the profit from a ship oriented business, it is essential to select the right ship for intended purpose. However, ship selection is a very critical process, because it requires handling of both qualitative and quantitative information under uncertainty. While evaluating the quality of a ship in Bangladesh, particularly in Chittagong and Mongla sea port, only quantitative parameters are considered. Qualitative and uncertain data are ignored. Sometimes it causes not to select the right ship, as a result, serious losses in businesses. The goal of this study is to overcome the existing limitations of ship selection through handling of both qualitative and quantitative data under uncertainty. In this article, evidential reasoning (ER) approach is used for aggregating both qualitative and quantitative data under uncertainly for ranking among the alternatives and finally selecting the best ship out of many alternatives. The proposed method is applied on five alternative ships of Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd (WFSL). Using the method it has been possible to rank among alternatives successfully and both qualitative and quantitative data have been collated to handle uncertainty in ship selection. It is recommended to use the ER method in ship selection, because it can handle uncertainty and helps businessmen to get maximum benefit from their businesses through selecting the best ship.
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Evidential Reasoning (ER), Uncertainty, Ship Assessment, Qualitative and Quantitative Data
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