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Hesitant Fuzzy Additive Ratio Assessment

OriginatorMishra, A. R., Rani, P., Krishankumar, R., Ravichandran, K. S., Kar, S.Year2021Sources1

HF-ARAS (Hesitant Fuzzy Additive Ratio Assessment) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Mishra, A. R., Rani, P., Krishankumar, R., Ravichandran, K. S., Kar, S. in 2021. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.

Key highlights

  • Follows a transparent, reproducible computational procedure that can be audited step by step.
  • Handles multiple criteria of differing scales and units within a single decision matrix.

Intuition

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How it works

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When to use it

HF-ARAS ranks alternatives based on performance scores. Higher score = better rank.

Strengths & limitations

Strengths
  • Follows a transparent, reproducible computational procedure that can be audited step by step.
  • Handles multiple criteria of differing scales and units within a single decision matrix.
Limitations
  • May exhibit rank reversal when alternatives are added to or removed from the set.
  • Assumes full compensation — a strong score on one criterion can offset a weak score on another.

Sources

  1. 1.
    Mishra, A. R., Rani, P., Krishankumar, R., Ravichandran, K. S., Kar, S. (2021). A multi-criteria framework for evaluating the sustainable drug selection for COVID-19 patients using hesitant fuzzy information and ARAS method. Applied Soft Computing Journal

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ScholarGate. (2026, June 2). HF-ARAS. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/decision-making/hf-aras

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