Eigenvalue‐UTilité Additive approach for evaluating multi‐criteria decision‐making problem

Abstract

Forest road building is experiencing a period of expansion. It is linked to better resource extraction and transportation and higher ease of access for inhabitants. This paper discusses the problem of evaluating a forest road network in the Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran. This includes the requirements that forest managers must consider, such as economic and environmental criteria. In addition, opportunities and risks of forest road building are also considered. A multi-methodology decisionmaking approach is proposed to solve the problem. In light of the results, the proposed approach is reliable and flexible for use in similar cases. Using the proposed approach can structure and facilitate the decision-making process for the managers.

Multi-Criteria Analysis for Evaluating Constructed Wetland as a Sustainable Sanitation Technology, Jordan Case Study

“…However, MATLAB has been used to calculate both eigenvectors and eigenvalues, in order to guarantee the accuracy of the calculations. At the end, the eigenvector obtained from MATLAB needs to be normalized to represent the final weights, and this is given by dividing individual value of the eigenvector in each row A r by the summation of the eigenvector values, as in Equation ( 4) [16,69]:…”

“…The normalized eigenvector w r represents the weight of the indicator in a specific pairwise comparison [16,24,69].…”