Decision Framework for Cross-Platform Mobile Development Frameworks Using an Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Abstract

Because of the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets, the use of mobile applications has exploded recently. However, the variety of mobile platforms compels developers to create an app for each, making the process more complex and expensive. Thus, open-source cross-platform mobile frameworks have been developed to address this problem, allowing the same code to be imported across various operating systems. This paper comes to propose a new framework for the selection of the appropriate platform for the implementation of a cross-platform mobile application. This framework is based on the most used Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods namely Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods are used. A demonstrative example is proposed to illustrate the suggested methodology.

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“…The study was based on an analysis of open scientific literature that was available on the Internet. Various works, studies, and publications that detailed different approaches and frameworks for mobile application development were used (Biørn-Hansen et al, 2020; Zohud & Zein, 2021;Lachgar et al, 2022). This literature provided the foundation for the analysis and comparison of the selected approaches.…”

“…The authors conducted a comparative analysis aimed at determining the efficiency of data processing in both technologies. The study by P. Lachgar et al (2022) solves the problem of developing cross-platform mobile applications due to the growing popularity of mobile devices. The authors propose a new framework for choosing the optimal platform for cross-platform development, using multi-criteria decision-making methods such as the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).…”

Comparative analysis of frameworks for mobile application development: Native, hybrid, or cross-platform solutions

“…The study was based on an analysis of open scientific literature that was available on the Internet. Various works, studies, and publications that detailed different approaches and frameworks for mobile application development were used (Biørn-Hansen et al, 2020; Zohud & Zein, 2021;Lachgar et al, 2022). This literature provided the foundation for the analysis and comparison of the selected approaches.…”

“…The authors conducted a comparative analysis aimed at determining the efficiency of data processing in both technologies. The study by P. Lachgar et al (2022) solves the problem of developing cross-platform mobile applications due to the growing popularity of mobile devices. The authors propose a new framework for choosing the optimal platform for cross-platform development, using multi-criteria decision-making methods such as the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).…”