Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Location decision plays a key role in strategic logistics and business success. The beauty business in Thailand has continuously grown, and medical aesthetics clinic location is one of the critical factors for business success. The problem is also related to sustainable urban service accessibility. Methods: This paper presents, for the first time, a systematic selection of medical aesthetics clinic location as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. The Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) and Single-Valued Neutrosophic TOPSIS (SVN-TOPSIS) are combined to solve the location selection problem. SMART determines criterion weights, whereas SVN-TOPSIS evaluates alternatives using linguistic terms understandable to non-technical decision makers. Results: The proposed SMART SVN-TOPSIS is applied to a real investment problem in which two investors select the best clinic location from five alternatives with nine criteria. Siam Square—the heart of shopping, fashion, and youth culture in Bangkok—is recommended as the top location. Conclusions: The results indicate that the proposed method is capable of generating a consistent ranking of alternatives and differentiating between locations that exhibit similar evaluation characteristics. The findings may also support sustainable urban service planning and healthcare-related facility location decisions.
Source: Logistics
Authors: Napat Harnpornchai, Worrawat Saijai
Institution: Chiang Mai University
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,689
OpenAlex ID: W7160119574
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