The use of Different Criteria Weighting and Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods for University Ranking: Two-Layer Copeland

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 60 - 73, 20.03.2024

Mesut Polatgil , Abdulkerim Güler

https://doi.org/10.32329/uad.1398302

Abstract

Multi-criteria methods have attracted attention in academia and industry applications for effective decision making. Although there are many multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods, none of these methods are perfect and should be chosen according to the decision problem. Choosing the necessary decision support method to find the right solution that is suitable for the decision maker becomes an important problem. To solve this problem, methods such as Copeland and Borda combining the results of different MCDM methods are available and widely used. In this study, a new hybrid model is proposed based on twice combining the results of different MCDM methods with different criterion weighting methods. The proposed model has been tested on student satisfaction data of 20 foundation universities in Turkey. It has been shown that the final model named Ensemble Copeland can be used as a benchmark in MCDM problems

Keywords

Multi criteria decision making, decision making, university, Copeland, Borda

Üniversite Sıralaması İçin Farklı Kriter Ağırlıklandırma ve Çok Kriterli Karar Verme Yöntemlerinin Birlikte Kullanılması: İki Katmanlı Copeland

Abstract

Çok kriterli yöntemler, etkili karar verme için akademi ve endüstri uygulamalarında dikkat çekmektedir. Birçok çok kriterli karar verme (ÇKKV) yöntemi olmasına rağmen, bu yöntemlerin hiçbiri mükemmel değildir ve karar problemine göre seçilmelidir. Karar vericiye uygun olan doğru çözümü bulmak için gerekli karar destek yöntemini seçmek önemli bir sorun haline gelmektedir. Bu sorunu çözmek için farklı ÇKKV yöntemlerinin sonuçlarını birleştiren Copeland ve Borda gibi yöntemler mevcuttur ve yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, farklı ÇKKV yöntemlerinin sonuçlarının farklı kriter ağırlıklandırma yöntemleri ile iki kez birleştirilmesine dayanan yeni bir hibrit model önerilmiştir. Önerilen model, Türkiye'deki 20 vakıf üniversitesinin öğrenci memnuniyeti verileri üzerinde test edilmiştir. Ensemble Copeland olarak adlandırılan nihai modelin ÇKKV problemlerinde bir ölçüt olarak kullanılabileceği gösterilmiştir.

Keywords

Çok kriterli karar verme, karar verme, üniversite, Copeland, Borda

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışmanın, özgün bir çalışma olduğunu; çalışmanın hazırlık, veri toplama, analiz ve bilgilerin sunumu olmak üzere tüm aşamalarından bilimsel etik ilke ve kurallarına uygun davrandığımı; bu çalışma kapsamında elde edilmeyen tüm veri ve bilgiler için kaynak gösterdiğimi ve bu kaynaklara kaynakçada yer verdiğimi; kullanılan verilerde herhangi bir değişiklik yapmadığımı, etik görev ve sorumluluklara riayet ettiğimi beyan ederiz. Herhangi bir zamanda, çalışmayla ilgili yaptığım bu beyana aykırı bir durumun saptanması durumunda, ortaya çıkacak tüm ahlaki ve hukuki sonuçlara razı olduğumuzu bildiririz

Supporting Institution

Destekleyen kurum yoktur

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