Choosing the best option out of many available options is always goal to be achieved in all areas. However, parameters (criteria) each alternative are not same, sometimes contradictory. In this situation, choosing an extremely difficult decision for maker. Multi-criteria making (MCDM) ranking alternatives based on criteria alternative. More than one hundred multi-criteria decision-making method...

Multi-criteria decision methods are very popular in decision-making for many application fields thanks to their versatility and ability involve qualitative quantitative data the analysis. On other hand, of these techniques requires time consuming analysis involvement expert users process. In this paper, a novel method named Card Game Analysis (CGA) is proposed perform Decision Making (MCDM) Suc...

Purpose This paper proposes a new multi-criteria decision-making method, called the vital-immaterial-mediocre method (VIMM), to determine weight of multiple conflicting and subjective criteria in problem. Design/methodology/approach The novel utilizes pairwise comparisons, vector-based procedures scoring approach weights criteria. VIMM compares alternatives by three crucial components, namely v...

Abstract Buildings are among the largest sources of carbon emissions, so their owners have been compelled to set stringent sustainability goals in response global call for neutrality. Consequently, facility managers pressed make buildings smarter through adopting greater value-for-money solutions. Besides implementation traditional energy-saving measures, retrofitting with smart building (SB) f...