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• Published Subscription Original Research 15 Mar 2026

  A Novel Direct Weighted Deviation (DWD) Method for Agricultural Enterprise Selection: A Case Study of Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu

  By V. Sathiya, S. Mahalakshmi, S. Ramabalan, N. Godwin Raja Ebenezer

  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 →