AN APPLICATION OF INTEGRATED MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (AHP/COPRAS) MODEL FOR RANKING AND SELECTION OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
Keywords:
Multi Criteria Decision Making, FMS, AHP Method, COPRAS MethodAbstract
The aim of the present work is to propose an integrated multi criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology for ranking selection of flexible manufacturing system. The proposed model is based on Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method and COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) method. AHP method is used to determine the relative normalized weights of FMS selection criteria and COPRAS method is employed to find FMS utility index of each FMS alternatives. Furthermore, all FMS alternatives are ranked and arranged in the descending order according to FMS utility index value and FMS alternative is selected as best candidate for a given application whose FMS utility index value is the highest or ranked first. One numerical application of FMS selection problem presented to demonstrate and validate the applicability integrated multi criteria decision making AHP/COPRAS method for effective ranking and selection of flexible manufacturing system.
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