multi-criteria decision making
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A Novel Symmetric Anchor Scoring (SAS) Method for Industrial Location Selection: Application to Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract: This work highlights the city-level detail of decision-making enabled by a new MCDM method Symmetry Anchor Scoring (SAS). Generally conventional methods are good at selecting one best and one worst alternative, but not differentiating among the many strong contenders more likely in practice. Linking MCDM methods to the tradition of decision making, the paper discusses the mathematics and analogical basis of SAS design, provides a visual proof of its ideal …
Published in International Journal of Industrial and Product Design Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 8–19 Read article
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A Novel Direct Weighted Deviation (DWD) Method for Agricultural Enterprise Selection: A Case Study of Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu
Abstract: The study proposes a novel Direct Weighted Deviation (DWD) method for Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) by eliminating normalization, distance metrics, and pairwise comparisons. DWD is thereafter used to evaluate and select ten rainfed agricultural enterprises against ten generic and context-specific viability criteria in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, a water-scarce region in India. Subsequently, other methods (AHP, SAW, WPM, and TOPSIS) are used to obtain a comparative second opinion and validate …
Published in International Journal of Industrial and Product Design Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 1–7 Read article