PMID- 19672684
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101108
LR  - 20100804
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 168
IP  - 1-4
DP  - 2010 Sep
TI  - A modified VIKOR method for multiple criteria analysis.
PG  - 339-44
LID - 10.1007/s10661-009-1117-0 [doi]
AB  - The VIKOR method was developed to solve multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) 
      problems with conflicting or non-commensurable criteria. This method assumes that 
      compromising is acceptable for conflicting resolution. Although the VIKOR method 
      is a popular method applied in multi-criteria analysis (MCA), it has some 
      problems when solving MCDM problems. This study discussed existing problems in 
      the traditional VIKOR method. The objective of this study was to develop a 
      modified VIKOR method to avoid numerical difficulties in solving problems by the 
      traditional VIKOR method. Several synthetic experiments were designed and 
      assessed to verify the improvement of solution efficiency of the modified VIKOR 
      method in MCA.
FAU - Chang, Chia-Ling
AU  - Chang CL
AD  - Department of Water Resources Engineering and Conservation, Feng Chia University, 
      Seatwen, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China. f89541201@ntu.edu.tw
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20090812
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
SB  - IM
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources/methods
MH  - *Decision Support Techniques
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
EDAT- 2009/08/13 09:00
MHDA- 2010/11/09 06:00
CRDT- 2009/08/13 09:00
PHST- 2009/04/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/07/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/08/13 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/08/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/11/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-009-1117-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2010 Sep;168(1-4):339-44. doi: 10.1007/s10661-009-1117-0. 
      Epub 2009 Aug 12.