Comparative analysis of MCDM methods for the assessment of sustainable housing affordability

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Mulliner, Emma and Malys, Naglis and Maliene, Vida (2016) A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. AbstractWhile affordability is traditionally assessed in economic terms, this paper tests a new assessment method that draws closer links with sustainability by considering economic, social and environmental criteria that impact on a household's quality of life. The paper presents an empirical application and comparison of six different multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) approaches for the purpose of assessing sustainable housing affordability.The comparative performance of the weighted product model (WPM), the weighted sum model (WSM), the revised AHP, TOPSIS and COPRAS, is investigated. The purpose of the comparative analysis is to determine how different MCDM methods compare when used for a sustainable housing affordability assessment model. 20 evaluative criteria and 10 alternative areas in Liverpool, England, were considered. The applicability of different MCDM methods for the focused decision problem was investigated. The paper discusses the similarities in MCDM methods, evaluates their robustness and contrasts the resulting rankings.

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A Novel Sorting Method Topsis-Sort: An Application for Tehran Environmental Quality Evaluation

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“…The classical TOPSIS method (see Jia et al, 2012;Ahmadi et al, 2014;Bilbao-Terol et al, 2014;Mulliner et al, 2016) and its extensions, such as interval TOPSIS (see Giove, 2002;Jahanshahloo et al, 2006;Dymova et al, 2013), fuzzy TOPSIS (see Awasthi et al, 2011;Awasthi & Chauhan, 2012;Bao et al, 2012;Ye & Li, 2014;Lee et al, 2014;Kusi-Sarpong et al, 2015;Şengül et al, 2015), interval-valued fuzzy TOPSIS (see Chen & Tsao, 2008;Ashtiani et al, 2009;Mokhtarian, 2015;Zhang & Xu, 2015), and grey TOPSIS (see Chen & Tzeng, 2004;Oztaysi, 2014;Siozinyte et al, 2014;Jiang et al, 2015), have demonstrated their capabilities and potentials in dealing with MCDM problems of various fi elds.…”

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