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A New Weighting Method in Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making: Selected Element Reduction Approach (SERA)

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Applications of Fuzzy Techniques (NAFIPS 2022)

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In this study, Selected Element Reduction Approach (SERA) is proposed for weighting criteria in decision-making problems. The new method is based on the change caused by the reduction of a criterion in a fuzzy decision matrix. An overall ranking is obtained with the fuzzy evaluations of the decision-makers. After, the effect of a selected criterion on the results is calculated by excluding it from the evaluation. Accordingly, the criterion that creates the greatest change becomes the criterion with the highest weight. The values obtained as a result of the method are directly proportional to the weights of the criteria. The new method has been introduced to the literature with the application of personnel selection case.

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This work has been supported by the Scientific Research Projects Commission of Galatasaray University under grant number # FBA-2022-1085.

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    Esra Çakır & Emre Demircioğlu

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Turkish-German University, Beykoz, Istanbul, 34820, Turkey

    Mehmet Ali Taş

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Çakır, E., Taş, M.A., Demircioğlu, E. (2023). A New Weighting Method in Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making: Selected Element Reduction Approach (SERA). In: Dick, S., Kreinovich, V., Lingras, P. (eds) Applications of Fuzzy Techniques. NAFIPS 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 500. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16038-7_3

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