The effect of uncertainties in distance-based ranking methods for multi-criteria decision making

Data in the multi-criteria decision making are often imprecise and changeable. Therefore, it is important to carry out sensitivity analysis test for the multi-criteria decision making problem. The paper aims to present a sensitivity analysis for some ranking techniques based on the distance measures...

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Main Authors: Nor Izzati, Jaini, Utyuzhnikov, Sergei V.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2017
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27787/1/The%20effect%20of%20uncertainties%20in%20distance-based%20ranking.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27787/
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4994413
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Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Language: English
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Summary:Data in the multi-criteria decision making are often imprecise and changeable. Therefore, it is important to carry out sensitivity analysis test for the multi-criteria decision making problem. The paper aims to present a sensitivity analysis for some ranking techniques based on the distance measures in multi-criteria decision making. Two types of uncertainties are considered for the sensitivity analysis test. The first uncertainty is related to the input data, while the second uncertainty is towards the Decision Maker preferences (weights). The ranking techniques considered in this study are TOPSIS, the relative distance and trade-off ranking methods. TOPSIS and the relative distance method measure a distance from an alternative to the ideal and antiideal solutions. In turn, the trade-off ranking calculates a distance of an alternative to the extreme solutions and other alternatives. Several test cases are considered to study the performance of each ranking technique in both types of uncertainties.