ANALYSIS OF CRITERIA WEIGHTING METHODS AND A NEW METHOD PROPOSAL

2. Uluslararası Thales Fen, Mühendislik, Mimarlık ve Matematik Kongresi, Cairo, Egypt, 25 - 26 January 2025, pp.480, (Summary Text)

When making decisions about problems we experience in real life, there is usually more than one factor

that affects this decision. These factors can be interdependent or independent. Multi-criteria decision-

making (MCDM) is an engineering tool that makes decision-making more accurate in these cases by

basing it on mathematical or logical foundations. Determining criteria weights is a significant challenge

in multi-criteria analysis models. Selecting the right method for establishing these weights is a vital step

in MCDM that can complicate the overall decision-making process. Many studies have been done on

criterion weighting, and criterion weighting methods with different purposes and applications have been

developed. AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process), TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity

to Ideal Solution), SWARA (Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis), FUCOM (Full Consistency

Method), and BWM (Best-Worst Method) are some of the most popular methods in literature. This study

examines methods’ implementation, ease, consistency, advantages, and disadvantages. After comparing

these methods with each other, a new method is proposed. The advantages of the new method, which is

under development, and the issues that need to be improved are explained. This method is based on the

makers scoring the criteria to make the evaluation process easier for decision-makers. Criteria weights

are then calculated based on the domination relationship between the criteria.