A Goal Programming Model for BWM

Amiri, Maghsoud; Emamat, Mir Seyed Mohammad Mohsen

doi:10.15388/20-INFOR389

Informatica

A Goal Programming Model for BWM

Volume 31, Issue 1 (2020), pp. 21–34

Maghsoud Amiri Mir Seyed Mohammad Mohsen Emamat

https://doi.org/10.15388/20-INFOR389

Pub. online: 23 March 2020 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Received
1 January 2019

Accepted
1 September 2019

Published
23 March 2020

Abstract

The best-worst method (BWM) is a multi-criteria decision-making method which works based on a pairwise comparison system. Using such a systematic pairwise comparison enhances consistency and reliability of results. The BWM results in single solution when there are two or three criteria, and for problems with fully-consistent systems, with any number of criteria. To obtain the weights of criteria for not fully-consistent comparison systems with more than three criteria, there may be a multiple optimal solution. Although multiple optimality may be desirable in some cases, in other cases, decision-makers prefer to have a unique optimal solution. This study proposes new models which result in a unique solution. The proposed models have less constraints in comparison with the previous models.

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Biographies

Amiri Maghsoud

amiri@atu.ac.ir

M. Amiri is a professor at the Department of Industrial Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. He received his PhD degree in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He has published many papers in leading international journals. His research interests include multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), data envelopment analysis (DEA), design of experiments (DOE), response surface methodology (RSM), fuzzy MCDM, inventory control, supply chain management, simulation and reliability engineering.

Emamat Mir Seyed Mohammad Mohsen

emamat@atu.ac.ir

M.S.M.M. Emamat received his MS degree in operations research from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2016. He is currently a PhD candidate in operations research at Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. His research interests include multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), fuzzy MCDM and data mining.

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