This paper presents a novel integrated multi-criteria decision-making model consists of the CRITIC (CRiteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation) technique and the EDAS (The Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution) method to evaluate the selection of the urban rail vehicles operated in the public transport systems. In order to determine the selection criteria in a more realistic perspective, a board of experts consists of seven members, who perform as senior executives in the public transport institutions of the country, was constructed and many round tables meetings were organized with together the members of the board for determining the procedure to follow to reach meaningful and applicable results. At the beginning of the research, approximately fifty selection criteria were determined by the research team and some of them were eliminated during the preparation process of this study. Finally, 22 factors were determined as the selection criteria, which will be used in this research. These factors are the selection criteria directly or indirectly affecting the selection process and results. Also, rail tram types currently operated in the various cities of Turkey were determined as decision alternatives. These options were evaluated by using the proposed integrated MCDM approach. When the obtained results are evaluated, it can be seen that the proposed model has the potential to give very successful results for evaluating the selection process of the urban rail systems. Moreover, it can be implemented as a decision support system by decision-makers, who perform in the public transport authorities. Finally, it can also be applied for decision-making problems faced in the various fields.

本文提出了一种新颖的综合多标准决策模型，该模型由 CRITIC（CRiteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation）技术和 EDAS（基于距平均解的距离的评估）方法组成，用于评估城市轨道交通车辆的选择公共交通系统。为了从更现实的角度确定评选标准，组建了由七名成员组成的专家委员会，他们均担任该国公共交通机构的高级管理人员，并与公共交通机构的成员一起组织了多次圆桌会议。董事会确定为达到有意义且适用的结果而遵循的程序。在研究开始时，研究团队确定了大约五十个选择标准，其中一些在本研究的准备过程中被删除。最终确定了22个因素作为选择标准，用于本研究。这些因素是直接或间接影响选择过程和结果的选择标准。此外，目前在土耳其各个城市运营的有轨电车类型也被确定为决策选择。使用建议的集成 MCDM 方法对这些选项进行了评估。当评估所获得的结果时，可以看出所提出的模型有可能为评估城市轨道系统的选择过程提供非常成功的结果。此外，它可以作为公共交通当局决策者的决策支持系统来实施。最后，它还可以应用于各个领域面临的决策问题。