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Multi-Criteria Decision
Making
TOPSIS METHOD
TOPSIS METHOD
Technique of Order Preference by
Similarity to Ideal Solution
This method considers three types of
attributes or criteria
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TOPSIS METHOD
In this method two artificial alternatives are
hypothesized:
vij = wj rij
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Steps of TOPSIS
Step 3: Determine the ideal and negative ideal
solutions.
Ideal solution.
A* = { v1* , …, vn*}, where
vj* ={ max (vij) if j J ; min (vij) if j J' }
i i
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Steps of TOPSIS
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Steps of TOPSIS
Step 5: Calculate the relative closeness to
the ideal solution Ci*
WHY ?
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Applying TOPSIS Method to
Example
Weight 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2
Style Reliability Fuel Eco. Cost
Civic 7 9 9 8
Saturn 8 7 8 7
Ford 9 6 8 9
Mazda 6 7 8 6
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Applying TOPSIS to Example
m = 4 alternatives (car models)
n = 4 attributes/criteria
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Steps of TOPSIS
Step 1(a): calculate (x2ij )1/2 for each column
Style Rel. Fuel Cost
Civic 49 81 81 64
Saturn 64 49 64 49
Ford 81 36 64 81
Mazda 36 49 64 36
xij2i 230 215 273 230