Journal
APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
Volume 35, Issue 9, Pages 4257-4269Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.02.040
Keywords
Multi-criteria analysis; Modified TOPSIS; Fuzzy sets; Robot selection; Rapid prototyping process selection
Funding
- University of Tehran [8106043/1/16]
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The aim of this paper is to present a novel fuzzy modified technique of order preference by a similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method by a group of experts, which can select the best alternative by considering both conflicting quantitative and qualitative evaluation criteria in real-life applications. The proposed method satisfies the condition of being the closest to the fuzzy positive ideal solution and also being the farthest from the fuzzy negative ideal solution with multi-judges and multi-criteria. The performance rating values of alternatives versus conflicting criteria as well as the weights of criteria are described by linguistic variables and are transformed into triangular fuzzy numbers. Then a new collective index is introduced to discriminate among alternatives in the evaluation process with respect to subjective judgment and objective information. This paper shows that the proposed fuzzy modified TOPSIS method is a suitable decision making tool for the manufacturing decisions with two examples for the robot selection and rapid prototyping process selection. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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