Multiple Attribute
Decision Making
M e t h o d s a n d a p p l i c a t i o n s
Multiple Attribute
Decision Making
M e t h o d s a n d a p p l i c a t i o n s
Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
Jih-Jeng Huang
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Contents
Preface.......................................................................................................................xi
Authors ................................................................................................................... xiii
Chapter 1
Introduction ..........................................................................................1
Profile of Multiple Criterion Decision Making .........................1
1.1
1.2 Historical Development of Multiple Attribute Decision
Making ......................................................................................2
1.3 Historical Development of Multiple Objective Decision
1.4
Making ......................................................................................4
Introduction to Fuzzy Sets .........................................................7
1.4.1 Basic Concepts .............................................................7
1.4.2 Fuzzy Arithmetic Operations .......................................9
1.4.3 Extension Principle ......................................................9
1.4.4 α-Cut Arithmetic ....................................................... 10
1.4.5 Ranking Fuzzy Numbers ........................................... 11
1.5 Outline of this Book ................................................................ 11
part I Concepts and Theory of MadM
Chapter 2 Analytic Hierarchy Process ................................................................ 15
2.1 Eigenvalue Method .................................................................. 15
2.2 Geometric Mean Method ........................................................20
2.3 Linear Programming Method ..................................................22
Fuzzy Lambda-Max Method ...................................................25
2.4
Chapter 3 Analytic Network Process and Fuzzy Analytic Network Process ..... 29
3.1 Analytic Network Process ....................................................... 29
3.2
Fuzzy Analytic Network Process ............................................ 35
3.3 Matrix Method for Fuzzy Analytic Network Process .............44
Chapter 4 Simple Additive Weighting Method ................................................... 55
4.1
4.2
4.3
Simple Additive Weighting Method ........................................ 55
Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting ........................................... 57
Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting for the Best Plan:
Example of an Environment-Watershed Plan ..........................60
4.3.1 Building a Hierarchical Structure of
Environment-Watershed Evaluation Criteria.............. 61
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4.3.1.1 Determining the Evaluation Criteria
Weights ....................................................... 62
4.3.2 Fuzzy Numbers .......................................................... 63
4.3.3 Linguistic Variables ...................................................64
4.3.4 Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process .............................65
Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision-Making ..............................66
4.4
Chapter 5 TOPSIS and VIKOR ..........................................................................69
5.1 TOPSIS ....................................................................................69
5.2 VIKOR ..................................................................................... 71
5.3 Comparing VIKOR and TOPSIS ............................................ 75
5.4
Fuzzy TOPSIS ......................................................................... 76
Chapter 6 ELECTRE Method ............................................................................. 81
6.1 ELECTRE I ............................................................................. 81
6.2 ELECTRE II ........................................................................... 82
6.3 ELECTRE III ..........................................................................86
6.4 ELECTRE IV ..........................................................................90
Chapter 7 PROMETHEE Method ......................................................................95
7.1 The Notion of the PROMETHEE Method ..............................95
7.2
PROMETHEE I, II, III, IV .....................................................96
7.2.1 PROMETHEE I..........................................................98
7.2.2 PROMETHEE II ........................................................99
7.2.3 PROMETHEE III .......................................................99
7.2.4 PROMETHEE IV ..................................................... 100
7.3 Example for House Selection ................................................ 102
Chapter 8 Gray Relational Model ..................................................................... 103
8.1 Concepts of Gray System and Gray Relation ........................ 103
8.2 Gray Relation Model ............................................................. 104
8.3 Gray Relation for Multiple Criteria Evaluation ..................... 105
8.4 Example for Car Selection ..................................................... 107
Chapter 9 Fuzzy Integral Technique ................................................................. 109
9.1
Fuzzy Integral ........................................................................ 109
9.2 Hierarchical Fuzzy Integral ................................................... 114
Chapter 10 Rough Sets ........................................................................................ 123
10.1
10.2
Information System ...............................................................124
Indiscernible Relation ............................................................124
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10.3 Approximation of Sets and Approximation of Accuracy ...... 125
10.4 Reduction of Attributes ......................................................... 126
10.5 Decision Table and Decision Rules ....................................... 126
10.6 The Analytical Procedure of Data Analysis .......................... 127
Chapter 11 Structural Model .............................................................................. 131
Interpretive Structural Modeling Method ............................. 131
11.1
11.2 DEMATEL Method............................................................... 134
11.3 Fuzzy Cognition Maps .......................................................... 138
part II applications of MadM
Chapter 12 AHP: An Application ....................................................................... 143
12.1
Introduction ........................................................................... 143
12.2 Planning and Design Alternatives Evaluation Model ........... 144
12.2.1 Building Hierarchical Structure of Evaluation
Criteria ...................................................................... 144
12.2.2 Determining the Evaluation Criteria Weights .......... 144
12.3 Case of Selecting the Engineering Service for Public
Buildings ................................................................................ 146
12.3.1 Weights Calculation of the Evaluation Criteria ........ 146
12.3.2 Estimating the Performance Matrix ......................... 152
12.3.3 Ranking the Alternatives ......................................... 154
12.4 Discussions ............................................................................ 154
12.5 Conclusion ............................................................................. 156
Chapter 13 VIKOR Technique with Applications Based on DEMATEL
and ANP ........................................................................................... 157
Introduction ........................................................................... 157
13.1
13.2 Novel Hybrid Multiple Criteria Decision Making model ...... 158
13.2.1 DEMATEL ............................................................... 158
13.2.2 Analytic Network Process ........................................ 161
13.2.3 VIKOR Method ........................................................ 164
13.3 Numerical Example with Applications ................................. 166
13.4 Discussions and Comparisons ............................................... 169
13.5 Conclusions ............................................................................ 171
Chapter 14 TOPSIS and VIKOR: An Application ............................................. 173
14.1 Alternative Solutions ............................................................. 174
14.2 Evaluation Criteria ................................................................. 177
14.2.1 Establishing the Evaluation Criteria ......................... 177