PMID- 33286032
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240329
IS  - 1099-4300 (Electronic)
IS  - 1099-4300 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
DP  - 2020 Feb 24
TI  - A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model for Building Material Supplier 
      Selection Based on Entropy-AHP Weighted TOPSIS.
LID - 10.3390/e22020259 [doi]
LID - 259
AB  - The type of criterion weight can be distinguished according to different decision 
      methods. Subjective weights are given by decision makers based on their 
      knowledge, experience, expertise, and other factors. Objective weights are 
      obtained through multi-step calculations of the evaluation matrix constructed 
      from the actual information about the evaluation criteria of the alternatives. A 
      single consideration of these two types of weights often results in biased 
      results. In addition, in order to build an effective supply chain source, buyers 
      must find suitable quality products and/or service providers in the process of 
      supplier selection. Based on the above reasons, it is difficult to accurately 
      select the appropriate alternative. The main contribution of this paper is to 
      combine entropy weight, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) weight, and the 
      technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS) method 
      into a suitable multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) solution. The TOPSIS method 
      is extended with entropy-AHP weights, and entropy-AHP weights are used instead of 
      subjective weights. A novel decision-making model of TOPSIS integrated 
      entropy-AHP weights is proposed to select the appropriate supplier. Finally, we 
      take the selection of building material suppliers as an example and use 
      sensitivity analysis to show that the combination of the TOPSIS method based on 
      entropy-AHP weights can effectively select the appropriate supplier.
FAU - Chen, Chun-Ho
AU  - Chen CH
AD  - Professional Architect and Urban Planner, Bachelor Program of Real Estate 
      Investment and Management, Takming University of Science and Technology, No.56, 
      Sec. 1, Huanshan Rd., Neihu District, Taipei 11451, Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200224
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Entropy (Basel)
JT  - Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101243874
PMC - PMC7516705
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - TOPSIS
OT  - combination weighting method
OT  - decision-making model
OT  - entropy-AHP weight
COIS- The author declares no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/12/09 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/09 06:01
PMCR- 2020/02/24
CRDT- 2020/12/08 01:03
PHST- 2020/01/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/02/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/08 01:03 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/02/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - e22020259 [pii]
AID - entropy-22-00259 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/e22020259 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Entropy (Basel). 2020 Feb 24;22(2):259. doi: 10.3390/e22020259.