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LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

min Ri - A minimum individual regret of the “opponent”

- Aggregated preference function

Ai - Alternatives
AHP - Analytical Hierarchy Process
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fi - Best value
B50 - Biofuel 50%: Diesel 50 %
CB50 - Biofuel of Cotton 50%: Diesel 50 %
LB50 - Biofuel of Lin 50%: Diesel 50 %
MB50 - Biofuel of Mahua 50%: Diesel 50 %
MFB50 - Biofuel of Mesua Ferra 50%: Diesel 50 %
NB50 - Biofuel of Neem 50%: Diesel 50 %
PB50 - Biofuel of Pongamia50% : Diesel 50 %
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
CO - Carbon monoxide
CI - Consistency Index
CR - Consistency Ratio
Ci - Criterion
°C - Degree centigrade
DI - Direct injection
- Entering flow for ith alternative

FAHP - Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process

g/l - Gram per litre
HC - Hydrocarbon
hj+ - Positive Ideal Solution for TOPSIS
J - Joule
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kg - kilogram
kJ - kiloJoule
kW - kiloWatts
- Leaving flow for ith alternative

ml - Milli litre
MCDM - Multi Criteria Decision Making
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hj - Negative Ideal Solution for TOPSIS
(i) - Net outranking flow of alternatives
w - Non-fuzzy number
rij - Normalized fuzzy decision matrix

rij - Normalized value

NOX - Oxides of Nitrogen
- Preference function

PROMETHEE - Preference Ranking Organization METHod for

Enrichment of Evaluations
B100 - Pure Biofuel
MFB100 - Pure Biofuel of Mesua Ferra oil
CB100 - Pure Biofuel of Cotton oil
LB100 - Pure Biofuel of Lin oil
MB100 - Pure Biofuel of Mahua oil
NB100 - Pure Biofuel of Neem oil
PB100 - Pure Biofuel of Pongamia oil
D100 - Pure Diesel
RCI - Random Consistency Index
RI - Random Index
aij - Rating of the ith network strategy on deducting changes
in the jth criterion using suitable measure
Rj - Regret measure
CCj - Relative closeness coefficients
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rpm - revolution per minute

NaOH - Sodium Hydroxide
TOPSIS - Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal
Solution
Dj+,Dj– - The distance between the performance scores of
alternatives with respect to all criteria
min Si - The maximum group utility
R - The normalized fuzzy decision matrix
xij - The numerical score of alternative j on criterion i

a ( x) - Triangular fuzzy numbers with membership function

Vi - Triangular number
Sj - Utility measure
Qj - VIKOR index
VIKOR - VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno
Resenje (in Serbian)
Wj - Weight
vij - Weighted normalized fuzzy decision matrix
vij - Weighted normalized value
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fi - Worst value