Evaluation of Ranking Accuracy in Multi-Criteria Decisions
Volume 17, Issue 4 (2006), pp. 601–618
Pub. online: 1 January 2006
Type: Research Article
Received
1 March 2006
1 March 2006
Published
1 January 2006
1 January 2006
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.