PROMETHEE-SAPEVO-M1 a Hybrid Modeling Proposal: Multicriteria Evaluation of Drones for Use in Naval Warfare

Abstract

Regarding the theme of naval warfare and its needs when addressing the use of tools and instruments for its enhancement, this study aims to present a case based on the need of the Brazilian Navy to carry out a possible acquisition of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System for use in naval warfare. It was proposed the new hybrid modeling PROMETHEE-SAPEVO-M1, based in Multicriteria Decision Methods, as a methodology and for the decision analysis of this case, which allows a detailed assessment with not only qualitative data, but also quantitative data in the case, a structured format for evaluating and obtaining weights for the criteria, and three integrated models of results analysis. In addition to the proposed method, a computational tool developed in the Python language was used to assist the decision-making agent in the process of analyzing and evaluating the aircraft regarding the required criteria. The proposed method proves to be effective and legitimate because through it is possible to evaluate data of different natures in an equivalent evaluation format, generate weights and have three models of results analysis, providing to the Brazilian Navy a complete, robust and integral analysis with attention to details of the most favorable remotely piloted aircraft in the naval warfare.