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A Comparative Analysis of Different Measurement Scale and Normalization Method Performances in ELECTRE Method


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There are several preference measurement scale and normalization method in the literature. In this paper, we compare these possibilities in ELECTRE method, and compares results. In the absence of any other standards, the priorities provided by the original ELECTRE (involve: Linear scale, Vector normalization and Entropy weights) was used as the benchmark. The results indicate that linear measurement scale and vector normalization method is not the only or best scale and normalization method in ELECTRE method. In other words, the ranking for some measurement scale (i.e. Linear, Power, Logarithmic and Root Square measurement scales) and normalization method (i.e. non-linear normalization method) are effectively same, as the benchmark.

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ELECTRE, Measurement Scale, Normalization Method.
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Mohammad Azadfallah
Business Studies and Development Office, Saipa Yadak, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


There are several preference measurement scale and normalization method in the literature. In this paper, we compare these possibilities in ELECTRE method, and compares results. In the absence of any other standards, the priorities provided by the original ELECTRE (involve: Linear scale, Vector normalization and Entropy weights) was used as the benchmark. The results indicate that linear measurement scale and vector normalization method is not the only or best scale and normalization method in ELECTRE method. In other words, the ranking for some measurement scale (i.e. Linear, Power, Logarithmic and Root Square measurement scales) and normalization method (i.e. non-linear normalization method) are effectively same, as the benchmark.

Keywords


ELECTRE, Measurement Scale, Normalization Method.

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