=Paper=
{{Paper
|id=Vol-3611/paper8
|storemode=property
|title=Simulation-based comparison of objective weighting methods
|pdfUrl=https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3611/paper8.pdf
|volume=Vol-3611
|authors=Üzeyir Fidan,Musab T. Akpinar
|dblpUrl=https://dblp.org/rec/conf/ivus/FidanA22
}}
==Simulation-based comparison of objective weighting methods==
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T he vis u ali z e d f or m of c o m p ari s o n pr o c ess b y b ei n g a c c e pt e d a m o n g crit eri o n w ei g hts is pr es e nt e d i n Fi g. 1. t h e o bj e cti v e w ei g hti n g m et h o ds, it d o es n ot c orr el at e wit h ot h er w ei g hti n g m et h o ds ( T a bl e 4 ). Si mil ar t o t h e m et h o d us e d i n t h e c al c ul ati o n of t h e c orr el ati o ns, t h e di ssimil ariti es b et w e e n t h e crit eri o n w ei g hts o bt ai n e d b y diff er e nt m et h o ds ar e c al c ul at e d b y E u cli d Dist a n c e a n d pr es e nt e d i n T a bl e 5 . T a bl e 5 T h e dist a n c e m e as ur e v al u es of c o m p aris o n i n diff er e nt m et h o ds E q u al St a n d ar d E ntr o p y Criti c W ei g ht D e vi ati o n E ntr o p y 0, 1 3 4 0 Fi g ur e 1 : T h e w ei g hts of t h e c o m p ar ati v e Criti c 0, 0 6 5 5 0, 0 7 5 6 St a n d ar d D e vi ati o n 0, 0 6 8 2 0, 0 6 6 0 0, 0 2 2 6 a n al ysis M er e c 0, 1 0 6 1 0, 0 7 8 0 0, 0 8 0 2 0, 0 6 5 0 3. 3. C o m p aris o n of o bj e cti v e 4. C o n cl usi o ns w ei g hti n g m et h o ds D et er mi ni n g t h e crit eri o n w ei g hts i n t h e I n t his s u bs e cti o n, t h e r es ults of t h e crit eri o n m ulti- crit eri a d e cisi o n- m a ki n g pr o c ess h as a w ei g hti n g o p er ati o ns p erf or m e d o n t h e d at a s et dir e ct eff e ct o n t h e s ol uti o n of t h e pr o bl e m. c o nsisti n g of 1 0 crit eri a a n d 1 0 alt er n ati v es E v e n if s u bj e cti v e w ei g hti n g m et h o ds ar e pr o d u c e d b y si m ul ati o n ar e c o m p ar e d. T w o cl ai m e d t o b e m or e s u c c essf ul i n s o m e d e cisi o n m et h o ds w er e f oll o w e d w hil e m a ki n g t h e sit u ati o ns w h er e t h e n u m b er of crit eri a is l o w, c o m p aris o n: t he P e ars o n C orr el ati o n o bj e cti v e w ei g hti n g m et h o ds c o m e t o t h e f or e C o effi ci e nt ( E q. 1 7) a n d t h e dissi mil arit y v al u es d u e t o b ot h t h e l o w pr o c essi n g a n d ti m e c osts wit h t h e h el p of E u cli d e a n Dist a n c es ( E q. 1 8). a n d t h e r eli a bilit y of t h e c h ar a ct eristi cs of t h e ∑ 𝑚𝑖 = 1 ( 𝑤 𝑖 𝑗 − ̅𝑤 𝑗 ). ( 𝑤 𝑖 𝑘 − ̅𝑤 𝑘 ) d at a. 𝑊𝜌 𝑗𝑘 = (1 7 ) I n t his st u d y, t h e r el ati o ns hi p b et w e e n t h e 2 √ ∑ 𝑚𝑖 = 1 ( 𝑤 𝑖 𝑗 − ̅𝑤 𝑗 ) .∑ 𝑚𝑖 = 1 ( 𝑤 𝑖 𝑘 − ̅𝑤 𝑘 ) 2 o bj e cti v e crit eri o n w ei g hti n g m et h o ds, w hi c h r es e ar c h ers fr e q u e ntl y us e i n d e cisi o n- m a ki n g 𝑛 pr o bl e ms, w as e v al u at e d wit h t h e P e ars o n 𝐷 𝑗 𝑘 = √ ∑( 𝑤 𝑤 𝑖 𝑘)2 (1 8 ) C orr el ati o n C o effi ci e nt, a n d t h e dissi mil arit y 𝑖𝑗 − 𝑖 =1 l e v els w er e e v al u at e d wit h t h e E u cli d Dist a n c e m etri c. C orr el ati o n v al u es b et w e e n o bj e cti v e T h e first d e cisi o n t o f o c us o n is t h e c h oi c e crit eri o n w ei g hti n g m et h o ds ar e pr es e nt e d b et w e e n t h e E q u al W ei g hti n g M et h o d a n d ot h er i n T a bl e 4 . m et h o ds [ 1 9]. B e c a us e t h e E q u al W ei g hti n g M et h o d c a n b e t h o u g ht of as n ot assi g ni n g a T a bl e 4 w ei g ht t o a n y of t h e crit eri a. C o m p aris o n T h e c orr el ati o n v al u es o f c o m p aris o n i n r es ults i n t h e st u d y als o s u p p ort t his i d e a. W h e n diff er e nt m et h o ds t h e r es ults of t h e c orr el ati o n a n al ysis ar e E q u al E ntr o p y Criti c St a n d ar d e x a mi n e d, t h e E q u al W ei g hti n g M et h o d h as W ei g ht D e vi ati o n z er o c orr el ati o n wit h ot h er m et h o ds. E ntr o p y 0, 0 0 0 0 Criti c 0, 0 0 0 0 0, 9 4 1 5 A n ot h er sit u ati o n t h at s h o ul d b e f o c us e d o n St a n d ar d D e vi ati o n 0, 0 0 0 0 0, 9 9 8 4 0, 9 4 3 5 is t h at t h e w ei g ht v al u es o bt ai n e d fr o m t h e M er e c 0, 0 0 0 0 0, 8 1 3 2 0, 6 5 6 5 0, 8 0 7 0 o bj e cti v e crit eri o n w ei g hti n g m et h o ds ar e diff er e nt fr o m e a c h ot h er. 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