Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery Using Multi-Criteria Analysis Methods

Abstract

To achieve the highest possible agricultural production, it is necessary to procure the appropriate agricultural machinery. A tractor is the most useful machine in agriculture that performs various functions. Therefore, the selection of a tractor is one of the key decisions in the agriculture-production process. This study aims to evaluate heavy tractors for agricultural production in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since this is a selection between different tractors, which are evaluated using several criteria, the methods of multi-criteria analysis (MCDA) were used in this study. Five different methods were used to determine the weight of the criteria, of which a modified standard-deviation method is a new method used in practice, while the tractor ranking was performed using the CRADIS (compromise ranking of alternatives from distance to ideal solution) method. The results showed that the best-ranked tractor is A4, while the most deviations from the ranking occur when the entropy method is used. The contribution of this study is in the systematization of the methods for the objective determination of the criteria weights and the development of new methods to facilitate decision-making in agriculture and other industries.

Application of Fuzzy-Rough Approach in Tractor Selection

“…Given the limited scale of their agricultural operations, these households frequently opt to invest in a compact tractor to augment their capabilities. A tractor, as established by Puška et al (2022), stands as the cornerstone of agricultural machinery. Consequently, it is unsurprising that the predominant choice in machinery procurement is the acquisition of a tractor.…”

“…Their research not only demonstrated the importance of considering sustainability but also offered insights for the local brand production to meet the demands of international markets. Puška et al (2022) directed their attention to heavy tractors in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), recognizing the need for efficient agricultural production. They utilized five methods to determine the criteria weights, introducing a novel one named the modified standard deviation.…”

McDm Methods-Based Assessment of Learning Management Systems

“…Application field 1 Krishankumar and Ecer (2023) IoT service provider selection 2 Wang et al (2023) Occupational risk assessment 3 Puška et al (2022a) Waste incinerator selection 4 Puška et al (2022b) Pear varieties market assessment 5 Puška et al (2022c) Green supplier selection 6 Starčević et al (2022) Foreign direct investment impact assessment 7 Wątróbski et al (2022) Extension of two developed Python packages 8 Puška et al (2022) Agricultural machinery assessment 9 Dordevic et al (2022) Production optimization 10 Stojanović et al (2022) Global Innovation Index analysis Source: Author's research…”

“…У овом раду предложена је примена једноставног објек-тивног модела заснованог на методама вишекритеријумског одлучивања који може помоћи у проналажењу оптималног LMS система погодног за примену у образовним институцијама. Предложени модел заснива се на објективној методи за дефинисање тежина критеријума под називом MEREC (MEthod based on the Removal Effects of Criteria) (Keshavarz-Ghorabaee et al, 2021) и недавно предложеној CRADIS методи (Compromise Ranking of Alternatives from Distance to Ideal Solution) (Puška et al, 2022), која је искоришћена за коначну оцену алтернативних LMS система. Шест алтернативних LMS система подвргнуто је евалуацији у односу на шест критеријума, а у сам процес била су укључена три стручњака из области информационих технологија који се непосредно баве учењем на даљину.…”

“…The main aim of this paper is to propose an objective-based and easy-to-use MCDM model that will help find the optimal LMS suitable for application in educational institutions. This model relies on the application of the objective weighting method called the MEthod based on the Removal Effects of Criteria -MEREC (Keshavarz-Ghorabaee et al, 2021), used for determining the criteria weights, and the recently proposed Compromise Ranking of Alternatives from Distance to Ideal Solution -CRA-DIS (Puška et al, 2022), used for the assessment of alternative LMSs. The process involved three field IT experts in the group decision environment.…”