Decision making — Page 25
Understand how multi-criteria methods combine evidence, criteria and preferences, and where their rankings can change.
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Voting Power Index Analysis
Voting power index analysis measures the a priori capacity of each member of a weighted voting body to influence collective decisions, defined as the probability that the member is pivotal — that their vote turns a losing coalition into a w...
WAM
WAM (Weighted Arithmetic Mean) is a aggregationoperator multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Yager, R. R. in 1988. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible...
WASPAS
WASPAS (Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Zavadskas, E. K., Turskis, Z., Antucheviciene, J., Zakarevicius, A. in 2012. It turns a decision matrix of alternati...
WEBIRA
WEBIRA (WEighted Bi-directional Ideal Ratio Analysis) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Krstović, S., Stević, Ž., Stjepanović, Ž., Tomić, V. in 2022. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on...
WEDBA
WEDBA (Weighted Euclidean Distance Based Approach) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Dadelo, S., Turskis, Z., Zavadskas, E. K., Dadeliene, R. in 2014. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored o...
WEIGHT-SENSITIVITY
WEIGHT-SENSITIVITY (Weight Sensitivity Analysis — Stability intervals for criterion weights) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Saltelli, A., Tarantola, S., Campolongo, F., Ratto, M. in 2004. It turns a...
WEIGHTED-VOTING
WEIGHTED-VOTING (Weighted Voting — Weighted positional aggregation of multiple rankings) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Arrow, K. J. in 1951. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on mult...
WENSLO
WENSLO (WEight deNomination based on Slope coefficient for objective weighting) is a weight objective multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Pamucar, D., Ecer, F., Gligorić, Z., Gligorić, M., Deveci, M. in 2024. It turns...
WGM
WGM (Weighted Geometric Mean) is a aggregation multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Aczél, J. Saaty, T. L. in 1983. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible...
WHM
WHM (Weighted Harmonic Mean) is a aggregation multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Bullen, P. S. Mitrinović, D. S. Vasić, P. M. in 1988. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a str...
WINGS
WINGS (Weighted Influence Non-linear Gauge System) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Michnik, J. in 2013. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reprod...
WISP
WISP (Weighted Ideal Solution Point) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Stanković, M., Stević, Ž., Das, D. K., Subotić, M., Pamučar, D. in 2020. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multi...
WPM
WPM (Weighted Product Model) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Miller, D. W., Starr, M. K. in 1969. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible...
WSM
WSM (Weighted Sum Model (Simple Additive Weighting)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Fishburn, P. C. in 1967. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured,...
Z-AHP
Z-AHP (Z-Number Analytic Hierarchy Process) is a weighting multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Mahammad Nuriyev (Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan) in 2020. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multi...
Z-BWM
Z-BWM (Z-Number Best-Worst Method) is a weighting multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Aboutorab, Saberi, Asadabadi, Hussain, Chang (UTS Sydney, Australia) in 2018. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on...
Z-COPRAS
Z-COPRAS (Z-Number extension of COPRAS) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Zadeh, L. A. in 2011. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible res...
Z-EDAS
Z-EDAS (Z-Number extension of EDAS) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Zadeh, L. A. in 2011. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.
Z-MARCOS
Z-MARCOS (Z-Number extension of MARCOS) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Yazdani, M., Pamucar, D., Chatterjee, P., Torkayesh, A. E. in 2021. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multipl...
Z-PROMETHEE
Z-PROMETHEE (Z-Number Preference Ranking Organization Method (II)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Mahammad Nuriyev (Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan); builds on Brans-Vincke 1985 PROMETHEE in 2020...
Z-SCORE-NORMALIZATION
Z-SCORE-NORMALIZATION (Z-Score Normalization — standardisation to zero mean and unit standard deviation) is a normalization multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Hellwig, Z. in 1968. It turns a decision matrix of altern...
Z-TOPSIS
Z-TOPSIS (Z-Number extension of TOPSIS) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Gardashova, L. A. in 2018. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducibl...
Z-VIKOR
Z-VIKOR (Z-Number extension of VIKOR) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Shen, K.-w., Wang, J.-q., Wang, T.-l. in 2018. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a struc...
Z-WASPAS
Z-WASPAS (Z-Number extension of WASPAS) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Ghoushchi, S. J., Yousefi, S., Khazaeili, M. in 2021. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria int...