The paper presents the methodology for determining the most favorable method for buffer sizing in the Critical Chain Method (CCM), which is based on multi-criteria decision-making methods. The proposed methodology enables a complete and systematic solution to this problem, whose end result is a proposal for a buffer sizing method in accordance with...

By Nataša Popović-Miletić, Goran Ćirović, Dragan Pamučar

Ground Penetrating Radar - GPR by modern equipment has grown in importance in recent years in non-destructive testing. Estimating steel rebar position and diameter is the main focus for assessment of existing reinforcement concrete facilities. This paper presents the latest modern non-destructive technique – suitable for testing reinforcement...

By Dragan Nikolić, Dragan Bojović, Goran Ćirović

The paper presents a new approach in treating uncertainty and subjectivity in the decision making process based on the modification of Multi Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison (MABAC) and an Objective-Subjective (OS) model by applying linguistic neutrosophic numbers (LNN) instead of traditional numerical values. By integrating these m...

By Goran Ćirović, Dragan Pamučar, Nataša Popović-Miletić

During the last thirty years, concrete has been industrially mutating from a soft granular medium to a proper non-Newtonian fluid. To benefit from the full potential of the modern fluid concretes such as Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC), prediction tools of the form filling taking into account the properties of the concrete, the shape and size of the...

By Dragan Nikolić, Goran Ćirović, Snežana Mitrović