ENERGY STABILITY ASSESSMENT AND RANKING IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION: MADM APPROACH

Abstract

Security has always been a concern in the political, economical and sociological stability of the region and it is one of the most important factors that affect the stability of a region. But how does one define and measure security? We introduce a method to assess security in the Persian Gulf in terms of adequacy and stability. It derives from stability assessment frameworks developed for the security of this region. The method presented here is based on multi-attribute theory for decision– making and utilizes the fuzzy numbers for modeling this problem.