Decision making — Page 14
Understand how multi-criteria methods combine evidence, criteria and preferences, and where their rankings can change.
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MABAC
MABAC (Multi-Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Pamučar, D., Ćirović, G. in 2015. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria...
MACBETH
MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical-Based Evaluation Technique) is a weight subjective multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Bana e Costa, C. A., Vansnick, J.-C. in 1994. It turns a decision matrix of alt...
MACONT
MACONT (Mixed Aggregation by Comprehensive Normalization Technique) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Wen, Z. Liao, H. Zavadskas, E. K. in 2020. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on mult...
MAHALANOBIS-DISTANCE
MAHALANOBIS-DISTANCE (Mahalanobis Distance — covariance-adjusted distance accounting for inter-criterion correlations) is a distance multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Mahalanobis, P. C. in 1936. It turns a decision...
MAIRCA
MAIRCA (Multi-Attributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Pamučar, D., Vasin, Lj., Lukovac, V. in 2014. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple c...
MARA
MARA (Magnitude of the Area for the Ranking of Alternatives) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Gligorić, M., Gligorić, Z., Lutovac, S., Negovanović, M., Lugijevskij, R. in 2022. It turns a decision matr...
MARCOS
MARCOS (Measurement of Alternatives and Ranking according to Compromise Solution) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Stević, Ž., Pamučar, D., Puška, A., Chatterjee, P. in 2020. It turns a decision matrix...
MAUT
MAUT (Multi-Attribute Utility Theory) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Keeney, R. L., Raiffa, H. in 1976. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, repro...
MEDIAN-RANKING
MEDIAN-RANKING (Median ranking — per-alternative median rank) is a aggregationoperator multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Orakçı, E. in 2024. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria int...
MEREC
MEREC (MEthod based on the Removal Effects of Criteria) is a weight objective multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Keshavarz Ghorabaee, M., Amiri, M., Zavadskas, E. K., Antucheviciene, J., Turskis, Z. in 2021. It turns...
MEREC-G
MEREC-G (Method Based on Removal Effects of Criteria - Generalized) is an objective weight derivation method that assigns weights based on the impact of removing each criterion from the decision analysis. The core idea is that important cri...
MHF-TOPSIS
MHF-TOPSIS (m-Polar Hesitant Fuzzy extension of TOPSIS) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Akram, M., Adeel, A., Alcantud, J.C.R. in 2019. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple cr...
MIN-MAX-NORMALIZATION
MIN-MAX-NORMALIZATION (Min-Max Normalization — linear rescaling of each criterion column to [0, 1]) is a normalization multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Hwang, C. L., Yoon, K. in 1981. It turns a decision matrix of...
MONTE-CARLO-SIMULATION
MONTE-CARLO-SIMULATION (Monte Carlo Simulation — Stochastic uncertainty propagation through MCDM model) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Metropolis, N., Ulam, S. in 1949. It turns a decision matrix of...
MOORA
MOORA (Multi-Objective Optimisation by Ratio Analysis) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Brauers, W. K. M., Zavadskas, E. K. in 2006. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criter...
MOOSRA
MOOSRA (Multi-Objective Optimization on the basis of Simple Ratio Analysis) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Sarkar, A. Panja, S. C. Das, D. Sarkar, B. in 2015. It turns a decision matrix of alternativ...
MPF-DOMBI-WA
MPF-DOMBI-WA (m-Polar Fuzzy Dombi Weighted Averaging / Geometric MCDM (Akram, Yaqoob, Ali & Chammam 2020 / Akram & Adeel 2023 Ch. 8) — single-DM m-PF MCDM ranking via Dombi t-conorm/t-norm-based aggregation operators (mFDWA primary, mFDWG c...
MPF-ELECTRE-I
MPF-ELECTRE-I (m-Polar Fuzzy extension of ELECTRE-I (Akram, Waseem & Liu 2019)) is a outranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Akram, M., Waseem, N., Liu, P. in 2019. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives sc...
MPF-ELECTRE-II
MPF-ELECTRE-II (m-Polar Fuzzy extension of ELECTRE-II for multi-criteria group decision making (Akram & Adeel 2023)) is a outranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Akram, M., Adeel, A. in 2023. It turns a decisio...
MPF-ELECTRE-III
MPF-ELECTRE-III (m-Polar Fuzzy extension of ELECTRE-III with pseudo-criterion thresholds, Shannon-entropy objective weights and Li–Wang net credibility ranking (Akram & Adeel 2023)) is a outranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) meth...
MPF-ELECTRE-IV
MPF-ELECTRE-IV (m-Polar Fuzzy extension of ELECTRE-IV with weight-free pseudo-criterion outranking, five dominance classes (quasi/canonical/pseudo/sub/veto), Vallée–Zielniewicz credibility levels and Belton–Stewart ascending+descending dist...
MPF-HF-TOPSIS
MPF-HF-TOPSIS (m-Polar Hesitant Fuzzy TOPSIS (Akram, Adeel & Alcantud 2019, Symmetry 11(6):795) — multi-criteria group decision-making by extending TOPSIS to the m-polar hesitant fuzzy (mHF) set framework; pole-wise mHPIS/mHNIS extraction,...
MPF-PROMETHEE
MPF-PROMETHEE (m-Polar Fuzzy extension of PROMETHEE I/II with AHP-derived crisp weights, six Brans–Vincke generalized criteria preference functions, and positive/negative/net outranking flows (Akram, Shumaiza & Alcantud 2020 / Akram & Adeel...
MPF-TOPSIS-LING
MPF-TOPSIS-LING (m-Polar Fuzzy Linguistic TOPSIS for MCGDM (Adeel, Akram & Koam 2019, Symmetry 11(6):735) — multi-criteria group decision-making via m-polar fuzzy linguistic variables (mFLV), expert-aggregated m-PF linguistic decision matri...