A Decision Making Method via TOPSIS on Soft Sets

Year 2015, Volume: 4 Issue: 8, 57 - 70, 29.05.2015

Selim Eraslan

Abstract

In this paper, we first present TOPSIS (techniquefor order performance by similarity to ideal solution) that is amulti-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique. TOPSIS is apractical and useful technique for ranking and selection of a number of externally determined alternatives through distance measures. We then give a decision making method by suing TOPSISon soft set theory. Finally an application is given for this newmethod

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