TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of Several Decision-Making Techniques
T2 - A Case of Water Losses Management in Developing Countries
AU - Zyoud, Shaher H.
AU - Fuchs-Hanusch, Daniela
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Managing water losses in water supply systems has become a crucial concern. Multi criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques are efficient in this regard. A framework of prioritizing strategies to manage water losses was tested by different MCDM techniques, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and several Fuzzy AHP techniques. The modified Fuzzy AHP produced the most credible and consistent outputs. Sensitivity analysis conducted over it showed that the ranking of strategies/alternatives was sensitive to changes in weights of criteria with higher importance. This analysis demonstrates the ability of AHP and Fuzzy AHP techniques to deal with complex issues in water loss management.
AB - Managing water losses in water supply systems has become a crucial concern. Multi criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques are efficient in this regard. A framework of prioritizing strategies to manage water losses was tested by different MCDM techniques, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and several Fuzzy AHP techniques. The modified Fuzzy AHP produced the most credible and consistent outputs. Sensitivity analysis conducted over it showed that the ranking of strategies/alternatives was sensitive to changes in weights of criteria with higher importance. This analysis demonstrates the ability of AHP and Fuzzy AHP techniques to deal with complex issues in water loss management.
KW - Analytic hierarchy process AHP
KW - comparative analysis
KW - Fuzzy AHP
KW - intermittent supply
KW - sensitivity analysis
KW - water losses
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074791284&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/S0219622019500275
DO - 10.1142/S0219622019500275
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074791284
SN - 0219-6220
VL - 18
SP - 1551
EP - 1578
JO - International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making
JF - International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making
IS - 5
ER -