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Decision Making

573 methods
29 method families

MOST CONNECTED IN DECISION MAKING

AHP
324 connections in this field
BWM
319 connections in this field
CRITIC
304 connections in this field
ANP
298 connections in this field
BWM-BAYESIAN
283 connections in this field
CCSD
283 connections in this field
CILOS
283 connections in this field
CIMAS
283 connections in this field
CODAS
49 connections in this field
ARAS
42 connections in this field

Showing 573 of 573 methods

Ranking395 methods
AHP-BOCRAPLOCOARASAROMANARTASIBALANCED-SPOTISBest Worst Method with SortingBF-COPRASBF-EDASBF-MARCOSBF-TOPSISBF-VIKORBF-WASPASBWM-ZNUMBER-GAMEBy-Production Technology DEACF-EDASCF-MARCOSCF-TOPSISCF-VIKORCOBRACOCOSOCODASCOMETCOMPROMISE-PROGRAMMINGCONSENSUS-REACHINGCOPRASCRADISCRITERIA-REMOVALCRITIC-MCROSS-VALIDATIONCUBIC-EDASCUBIC-TOPSISCUBIC-VIKORCUBIC-WASPASD-TOPSISDEA-SBMDEA-SUPEREFFDHF-COPRASDHF-EDASDHF-TODIMDHF-TOPSISDHF-VIKORDNMAEDASELECTRE-IIELECTRE-IIIELECTRE-IVEpsilon-Based Measure DEAERVDEVAMIXFDOSMFF-ARASFF-COCOSOFF-CODASFF-COPRASFF-EDASFF-GRAFF-MABACFF-MARCOSFF-MOORAFF-SAWFF-TODIMFF-TOPSISFF-VIKORFF-WASPASFF-WPMFMEAFUCAFUZZY-ARASFUZZY-AROMANFUZZY-COCOSOFUZZY-CODASFUZZY-COPRASFUZZY-DNMAFUZZY-EDASFUZZY-FMEA-DEAFUZZY-INFORMATION-AXIOMFUZZY-MABACFUZZY-MARCOSFUZZY-MAUTFUZZY-MOORAFUZZY-MULTIMOORAFUZZY-OCRAFUZZY-PSIFUZZY-RAFSIFUZZY-RAWECFUZZY-ROVFUZZY-SAWFUZZY-SPOTISFUZZY-TODIMFUZZY-TOPSISFUZZY-TOPSIS-CHEN2000FUZZY-VIKORFUZZY-WASPASFUZZY-WISPFUZZY-WPMGOAL-PROGRAMMINGGRAGREY-ARASGREY-CODASGREY-COPRASGREY-EDASGREY-GRAGREY-MABACGREY-MARCOSGREY-MOORAGREY-PROJECTIONGREY-SAWGREY-TODIMGREY-TOPSISGREY-VIKORGREY-WASPASHELLWIGHF-ARASHF-CODASHF-COPRASHF-DFTHF-EDASHF-GRAHF-MABACHF-MARCOSHF-MOORAHF-SAWHF-TODIMHF-TOPSISHF-VIKORHF-WASPASHFL-CODASHFL-MABACIF-ARASIF-COCOSOIF-CODASIF-COPRASIF-DFTIF-EDASIF-GRAIF-MABACIF-MARCOSIF-MAUTIF-MOORAIF-MULTIMOORAIF-SAWIF-TODIMIF-TOPSISIF-VIKORIF-WASPASIF-WPMINTERVAL-GRAIR-CODASIV-ARASIV-CODASIV-COPRASIV-EDASIV-MARCOSIV-MOORAIV-PROJECTIONIV-SAWIV-TODIMIV-TOPSISIV-VIKORIV-WASPASIVIF-ARASIVIF-COPRASIVIF-MABACIVIF-TODIMIVIF-VIKORIVN-MULTIMOORAKEMIRAL2T-CODASL2T-COPRASL2T-EDASL2T-MULTIMOORAL2T-SAWL2T-TODIML2T-TOPSISL2T-VIKORLexicographic Best Worst MethodLexicographic Goal ProgrammingLINMAPLMAWLOCAL-OWALOCAL-WLCLOPMLPF-EDASMABACMACONTMAIRCAMARAMARCOSMAUTMEREC-GMHF-TOPSISMONTE-CARLO-SIMULATIONMOORAMOOSRAMPF-HF-TOPSISMPF-TOPSIS-LINGMULTIMOORAN-ARASN-AROMANN-COCOSON-CODASN-COPRASN-DNMAN-EDASN-GRAN-MABACN-MARCOSN-MOORAN-MULTIMOORAN-PSIN-RAFSIN-RAWECN-SPOTISN-TODIMN-TOPSISN-VIKORN-WASPASN-WISPN-WPMNAIADENon-linear Best Worst MethodNSS-CODASOCRAOrdinal Priority ApproachORESTEOWAP-ARASP-AROMANP-COCOSOP-CODASP-COPRASP-DNMAP-EDASP-GRAP-MABACP-MARCOSP-MAUTP-MOORAP-MULTIMOORAP-OCRAP-PSIP-RAFSIP-RAWECP-ROVP-SAWP-SPOTISP-TODIMP-TOPSISP-VIKORP-WASPASP-WISPP-WPMPAMPF-ARASPF-COCOSOPF-CODASPF-COPRASPF-EDASPF-GRAPF-MABACPF-MARCOSPF-MOORAPF-SAWPF-TODIMPF-TOPSISPF-VIKORPF-WASPASPF-WPMPHF-COPRASPHF-EDASPHF-TOPSISPHF-VIKORPHFS-EHVARPHFS-HVARPIF-ARASPIF-ARTASIPIF-CODASPIF-COPRASPIF-EDASPIF-MARCOSPIF-MOORAPIF-SAWPIF-TODIMPIF-TOPSISPIF-VIKORPIF-WASPASPIVPL-EDASPL-MABACPL-MARCOSPL-MULTIMOORAPL-TODIMPL-TOPSISPL-VIKORPROB-ARASPROBIDPROMETHEE-GAIAPROMETHEE-IPROMETHEE-VPROMETHEE-VIPROSA-CPROXIMITY-WLCPSIQR-ARASQR-COCOSOQR-CODASQR-COPRASQR-EDASQR-GRAQR-MABACQR-MARCOSQR-MOORAQR-SAWQR-TODIMQR-TOPSISQR-VIKORQR-WASPASQR-WPMQUALIFLEXRAFSIRAMRANK-REVERSALRAPSRAWECREGIMERIMROUGH-ARASROUGH-COPRASROUGH-DRSAROUGH-EDASROUGH-MABACROUGH-MARCOSROUGH-MOORAROUGH-SAWROUGH-TODIMROUGH-TOPSISROUGH-VIKORROUGH-WASPASROVSAWSECASENSITIVITY-ANALYSISSF-ARASSF-COCOSOSF-CODASSF-COPRASSF-EDASSF-GRASF-MABACSF-MARCOSSF-MOORASF-SAWSF-TODIMSF-TOPSISSF-VIKORSF-WASPASSF-WPMSIMUSSMAASMAA2SMARTSNHF-TOPSISSOWASPOTISSPROBIDSTOCHASTIC-UTAStratified Best Worst MethodSWARA IITAXONOMYTIFN-CODASTODIMTOPSISTVN-MULTIMOORAUTAUTASTARVIKORVIKOR-SMAAWASPASWEBIRAWEDBAWEIGHT-SENSITIVITYWEIGHTED-VOTINGWINGSWISPWPMWSMZ-COPRASZ-EDASZ-MARCOSZ-PROMETHEEZ-TOPSISZ-VIKORZ-WASPASZF-CRADIS
Outranking32 methods
ELECTREELECTRE-IEXPROM-IEXPROM-IIFF-PROMETHEEFUZZY-ELECTRE-IFUZZY-ELECTRE-IIFUZZY-ELECTRE-IIIFUZZY-PROMETHEEGREY-PROMETHEEHF-ELECTRE-IHF-ELECTRE-IIHF-QUALIFLEXHFL-PROMETHEEIF-PROMETHEEMPF-ELECTRE-IMPF-ELECTRE-IIMPF-ELECTRE-IIIMPF-ELECTRE-IVMPF-PROMETHEEN-PROMETHEEP-PROMETHEEPAMSSEM-IPAMSSEM-IIPF-ELECTRE-IIPF-PROMETHEEPROMETHEEPROMETHEE-IIPROMETHEE-IIIQR-PROMETHEESF-PROMETHEESIR
Weight_Subjective29 methods
AHPANPB-WENSLOBWMBWM-BAYESIANCIMASDANPDELPHIDEMATELDIBRF-LMAWFUCOMFUCOM-FFUZZY-AHPFUZZY-BWMFUZZY-DELPHIFUZZY-SIWECHF-AHPHFL-AHPLBWAMACBETHPIF-CIMASPIPRECIAREVISED-SIMOSROC-WEIGHTSIWECSMART-WEIGHTSWARASWING
AggregationOperator16 methods
AVERAGE-RANKINGBORDABRAUERS-DOMINANCECHOQUET-INTEGRALCONDORCETCOOK-SEIFORDCOPELANDDODGSONKEMENY-YOUNGMEDIAN-RANKINGMPF-DOMBI-WANANSONPIF-DOMBIRATSCHULZEWAM
Weight_Objective16 methods
CCSDCILOSCRITICENTROPYFAREGINI-WEIGHTIDOCRIWIF-ENTROPYLODECILOPCOWMERECMPSINMDPCA-WEIGHTSD-WEIGHTWENSLO
DEA12 methods
DEADEA-BCCDEA-CROSSEFFDEA-DYNAMIC-NETWORKDEA-ENVDEA-NETWORKDEA-NETWORK-SBMDEA-RAMHFEAHFGPEHFPEHFPEA
Sorting10 methods
AHPSORTDRSAELECTRE-TRIELECTRE-TRI-BELECTRE-TRI-CFLOWSORTIF-CODAS-SORTIVIF-CODAS-SORTTOPSIS-SORTUTADIS
Distance9 methods
CFZN-MARCOSDIST-CHEBYSHEVDIST-EUCLIDEANDIST-HAMMINGDIST-MANHATTANDIST-MINKOWSKIMAHALANOBIS-DISTANCESFZN-CRADISSFZN-MARCOS
Aggregation7 methods
BONFERRONI-MEANData-Driven MCDAHERONIAN-MEANMaclaurin Symmetric Mean OperatorPOWER-MEANWGMWHM
Defuzzification7 methods
DEFUZZ-ALPHA-CUTDEFUZZ-BISECTORDEFUZZ-CENTROIDDEFUZZ-CENTROID-GAUSSIANDEFUZZ-MOMDEFUZZ-SCORE-IFNDEFUZZ-TYPE-REDUCTION
Normalization7 methods
LINEAR-MAX-NORMALIZATIONLINEAR-SUM-NORMALIZATIONLOGARITHMIC-NORMALIZATIONMIN-MAX-NORMALIZATIONNORM-VECTORVECTOR-NORMALIZATIONZ-SCORE-NORMALIZATION
Ranking models5 methods
Bradley-Terry ModelElo RatingPlackett-Luce ModelRank AggregationTrueSkill
Weighting5 methods
SAPEVO-MSFZN-CRITICZ-AHPZ-BWMZF-LMAW
T-norm4 methods
TNORM-EINSTEINTNORM-FRANKTNORM-HAMACHERTNORM-SCHWEIZER-SKLAR
Distance metric2 methods
Canberra DistanceCosine Distance
Information-theoretic divergence2 methods
Jensen-Shannon DivergenceKullback-Leibler Divergence
Portfolio2 methods
HF-MAXSCORE-PORTHF-TRADEOFF-PORT
Preference_Relations2 methods
AHSPRHFLPR-PRIORITY
Dissimilarity index1 method
Bray-Curtis Dissimilarity
ELECTRE_family1 method
BN-ELECTRE-I
Geographic distance1 method
Haversine Distance
Hybrid1 method
PIF-CIMAS-ARTASI
Mixed-type distance metric1 method
Gower Distance
Probability distribution distance1 method
Hellinger Distance
Set similarity and presence-absence index1 method
Sorensen-Dice Coefficient
String/sequence distance1 method
Levenshtein Distance
Time-series distance1 method
Dynamic Time Warping
TOPSIS_family1 method
BN-TOPSIS
Utility1 method
CFZN-WASPAS

FIELD AT A GLANCE

Methods573
Method families29
Connected methods10+

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