A Method Based on SMAA-Topsis for Stochastic Multi-Criteria Decision Making and a Real-World Application

Okul D., Gencer C., Kızılkaya Aydoğan E.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING, cilt.13, ss.957-978, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1142/s0219622014500175
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.957-978
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Stochastic multi-criteria decision making, acceptability analysis, TOPSIS, FUZZY TOPSIS, ACCEPTABILITY ANALYSIS, MCDM APPROACH, SELECTION, COMPETITION, CRITERIA, SUPPORT, MODE
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Stochastic multi-criteria acceptability analysis (SMAA-2) and the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) are methods for evaluating alternatives with multiple criteria. SMAA is a method that is used for solving multi-criteria decision-making problems with uncertain, inaccurate information, and does not require preference information from the decision makers. The TOPSIS method is based on the principle of determining a solution with the shortest distance to the ideal solution and the greatest distance from the negative-ideal solution. This paper proposes a new method, SMAA-TOPSIS, by combining the SMAA and TOPSIS methods. The SMAA-TOPSIS method was executed for two problems: drug benefit-risk analysis and machine gun selection. This paper found that TOPSIS could be used with uncertain and arbitrarily distributed values for weights and criteria measurements by using a combination of SMAA and TOPSIS. Also, we obtained clearer and consistent SMAA outputs.