the ahp/dea methodology is an integration of analytical hierarchical process (ahp) and data envelopment analysis. this method uses the capabilities of both ahp and dea. however, it has some problems: it illogically compares two decision-making units in a data envelopment analysis (dea) model, it is not compatible with dea ranking in the case of multiple inputs/multiple outputs, and it leads to ...

this paper presents a combination of data envelopment analysis (dea) and principal component analysis (pca) to reduce the dimensionality of data set. dea is known as effective tool for assessment and benchmarking. the weak point of dea, it is that the number of efficient dmus relies on the number of variables (inputs and outputs). for solving this, first, we do principal component analysis (pca...

In this article, a decision-making process for the potential location of new wastewater treatment units with wide community participation and acceptance is suggested. The main scientific contribution of this work is the elaboration of an independent decision-making tool, which can be used in site selection of wastewater treatment units. Specifically, at a first level, it acts as an intermediary...

the sensitivity analysis for multi-attribute decision making (madm) problems is important for two reasons: first, the decision matrix as the source of the results of a decision problem is inaccurate because it sorts the alternatives in each criterion inaccurately. second, the decision maker may change his opinions in a time period because of changes in the importance of the criteria and in the ...