Abstract
Article history: Received February 14, 2014 Accepted May 29, 2014 Available online June 8 2014 Selection of suitable weapon for armed forces is one of the most complex decisions, which must be taken by martial administrators. The procedure of decision making on weapon selection is integrated with various criteria, which are often in conflict. This paper presents a multi criteria decision making problem based on the implementation of ELECTRE III technique. The proposed model compares all acceptable choices based on a systematic and sophisticated procedure and provides some efficient solutions. The implementation of the proposed model is demonstrated for an infantry rifle selection. The proposed model, first, determines acceptable choices and criteria through Simos method and then it uses ELECTRE III to rank various alternatives. The result of the application of the proposed model for a real-world case study of choosing an infantry rifle indicates its effectiveness. © 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highlights
Swift improvements in martial sciences and technologies have led to production of more effective equipment and instruments than the existing ones, which would create obsolescence of the available equipment throughout time
This paper presents a multi criteria decision making problem based on the implementation of ELECTRE III technique
Infantry rifle is one of the main equipment used by armed forces in almost all martial operations
Summary
Swift improvements in martial sciences and technologies have led to production of more effective equipment and instruments than the existing ones, which would create obsolescence of the available equipment throughout time. Choosing a new weapon from existing choices on the market is a main challenge that martial administrators are faced with in this stage. This is because making a mistake weapon selection could hurt armed forces efficiency and. The multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods enjoy the capability of offering assistance to management within a coherent and logical framework to allow them to choose the best alternative by considering various criteria and by evaluating all the alternatives.
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