Dematel as a Weighting Method in Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

• Authors: Kobryń Andrzej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Modelling of a decision-maker’s preferences in multi-criteria decision analysis is performed using weights that reflect the relative importance of the given decision criteria. The determination of accurate values of the weights is therefore of considerable importance. Numerous means and methods are used for this purpose, such as: the entropy method (i.e., the method of objective weights), the Simos method, the SWARA method, the ANP or AHP methods, and many others. This paper analyses the DEMATEL method, frequently used to identify cause-and-effect relationships. Nowadays, it is often used in multi-criteria decision analyses. In the opinion of some authors, DEMATEL may be useful also to determine the weights of criteria. However, the approach presented by these authors has certain drawbacks. The present paper proposes a different approach to the weighting procedure using DEMATEL. Using numerical examples, it also presents weights determined by this method and compared to those obtained using the AHP method.

Keywords

EN

Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory method; Multi-criteria decision analysis

PL

Metoda DEMATEL; Wielokryterialna analiza decyzyjna

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 153-167

Contributors

author

Kobryń Andrzej

• Bialystok University of Technology. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Bialystok, Poland

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2084-1531