Evaluation of Ranking Accuracy in Multi-Criteria Decisions

  • Authors:
  • Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas;Algimantas Zakarevicius;Jurgita Antucheviciene

  • Affiliations:
  • Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, LT-10223, Vilnius-40, Lithuania, e-mail: edmundas.zavadskas@adm.vtu.lt, algimantas.zakarevicius@ap.vtu.lt, jurgita.antucheviciene@st.vtu. ...;Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, LT-10223, Vilnius-40, Lithuania, e-mail: edmundas.zavadskas@adm.vtu.lt, algimantas.zakarevicius@ap.vtu.lt, jurgita.antucheviciene@st.vtu. ...;Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, LT-10223, Vilnius-40, Lithuania, e-mail: edmundas.zavadskas@adm.vtu.lt, algimantas.zakarevicius@ap.vtu.lt, jurgita.antucheviciene@st.vtu. ...

  • Venue:
  • Informatica
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The paper analyses the problem of ranking accuracy in multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. The methodology for measuring the accuracy of determining the relative significance of alternatives as a function of the criteria values is developed. An algorithm of the Technique for the Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) that applies criteria values' transformation through a normalization of vectors and the linear transformation is considered. A computational experiment is presented, to compare the results of a multiple criteria analysis and the ranking accuracy in a particular situation.