Using Sipres – A Fusion of the Revised Simos’ Procedure and Zapros – in the Road Route Selection Process

Abstract

SummaryRoad route decisions very frequently cause discussions and disagreement since they involve the number of stakeholders with competing interests. Before the construction of the road can start, the route for this road has to be determined, taking into account various facets, e.g. financial, technological, social and environmental ones. Such a situation can be described in the following way: the best possible choice must be made out of a finite set of alternatives (potential road routes) evaluated against a set of criteria. For this purpose different multicriteria decision aiding methods can be used, e.g. a novel tool called SIPRES. Its algorithm combines the key elements of the revised Simos' procedure and the ZAPROS method. The method is transparent and easy to implement. On the one hand, it allows decision-makers to define their preferences simply and provides a straightforward but effective method for analysing the trade-offs between the alternatives using selected reference alternatives only (the ZAPROS-like approach). On the other hand, the revised Simos' procedure applied in the method allows determining the cardinal scores for the alternatives.The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the road route can be selected with the help of the SIPRES method, and to show thereby that this technique may be useful for solving such complex problems and may improve a decision-making process in certain situations.

Basketball contract: applying the SIPRES method in the process of evaluating the negotiation template

“…The acronym SIPRES stands for: Simos' Procedure for Reference Situations. It was introduced in 2015 (Górecka, 2015) as an extension of the work on the MARS approach -a tool for the verbal evaluation of the negotiation template (see 2016). It was applied thereafter in the road route selection process (see Górecka, 2016).…”

“…It was designed to obtain a complete ranking of the alternatives with scores measured on a cardinal scale. An overview of the SIPRES algorithm is given below (see also Górecka, 2015 and2016).…”

“…Table 2. The SIPRES approach -summary Application Designed to reveal a sound preference relationship that can be used in future cases; especially valuable in the case of decisionmaking/negotiation problems with mostly qualitative parameters and no objective model for their aggregation Decision-making problem More oriented to problems with a rather large number of alternatives, while the number of criteria is usually relatively smaller Decision-makers Does not require any special knowledge of decision analysis from the decision-makers since the information requested from them is particularly clear and easy to define; allows decision-makers to define their preferences visually in a simple and user-friendly way, based on a 'card-playing' procedure; focuses only on essential differences and, thus, decreases the complexity of judgements required from the decision-makers Methodology Combines the key elements of the revised Simos' procedure and the ZAPROS method to construct universal decision rules in the criteria space and then use them on any set of actual alternatives/offers; allows for comparing complete alternatives/offers, which is a natural way of comparing; does not require determining the weights of the criteria/negotiation issues separately -they are derived from the alternative-to-alternative comparisons Source: own elaboration, based on Górecka (2016).…”

Gisimos McDa Land Suitability Model for Ecotourism Development

“…In the literature, researchers frequently use this technique to present their preferences and compile expert opinions. The procedure was either used by itself (Alsulaihi, 2017;Marzouk et al, 2014) (Górecka, 2016). But there is no tourism or recreation themed study among them.…”

Sürdürülebilir Peyzaj Tasarımı Değerlendirmesinde Bir Katsayı Yöntemi

“…Eski kent dokusu ise Kalecik Kalesi'nin çevresinde, Ahikemal-Şenyurt Mahallesi ve Halilağa-Tabakhane Mahallesi'nde varlığını korumaktadır. Bu mahalleler konut yerleşimlerinin düzenli olmadığı, genellikle tek ya da iki katlı yapıların bulunduğu alanlardır (Çınar, 2020 (Aşılıoğlu, 2021;Aşılıoğlu ve Memlük, 2017;de Sousa Pereira ve Morais, 2020;Górecka, 2016;Govindan vd., 2017;Marzouk vd., 2014;Merad vd., 2013;Ribas ve da Silva Rocha, 2015;Wilkens ve Schmuck, 2012). Daha sonra önemli bir bilginin eksik olması ve yanlışlıkla kriterlere eşit ağırlık tayin edilmesi gibi sebeplerle Figueira ve Roy (2002) tarafından revize edilmiştir.…”