A new procedure of criteria weight determination within the aras method

Abstract

In most of multicriteria aggregation methods, we need to elicit parameters that are generally determined directly by the decision-maker (DM). Direct assigning of parameters and criteria weights presents a crucial and difficult step in the decision-making process. However, this kind of information is too subjective and may affects the reliability of the results. To overcome this issue, we suggest a weighting method based on mathematical programming to incorporate the DM's preferences indirectly within the ARAS method.