ABSTRACT

In this work, we show the usefulness of a new Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method, called Unweighted TOPSIS (uwTOPSIS), in helping decision making, aiming at achieving the objectives of sustainable development. uwTOPSIS is a new TOPSIS approach that does not require the decision-maker to determine the relative importance of each criterion. This makes the method more robust, since the results no longer depend on slight variations of such weights, and sustainable decisions therefore become more stable. In order to illustrate its applicability in real world problems, the results obtained with uwTOPSIS have been compared with those provided in two known study cases: the classification of Green Star hotels in Istanbul and the EU regional Social Progress Index (SPI). Moreover, all the results shown in this work can be easily reproduced since all the computations have been carried out using R statistical programming language through a self-developed package, uwTOPSIS, and the code used is included.

摘要

在这项工作中，我们展示了一种新的多准则决策分析（MCDA）方法（称为无权TOPSIS（uwTOPSIS））在帮助决策中的作用，旨在实现可持续发展的目标。uwTOPSIS是一种新的TOPSIS方法，不需要决策者确定每个标准的相对重要性。这使该方法更加健壮，因为结果不再取决于这些权重的细微变化，因此可持续决策变得更加稳定。为了说明其在现实世界中的适用性，已将uwTOPSIS获得的结果与两个已知研究案例中提供的结果进行了比较：伊斯坦布尔的绿色星级酒店分类和欧盟区域社会进步指数（SPI）。此外，