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A Decision Support System for Multiple Criteria Alternative Ranking Using TOPSIS and VIKOR: A Case Study on Social Sustainability in Agriculture

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TOPSIS and VIKOR are two well-known and widely-used multiple attribute decision making methods. Many researchers have compared the results obtained from both methods in various application domains. In this paper, we present the implementation of a web-based decision support system that incorporates TOPSIS and VIKOR and allows decision makers to compare the results obtained from both methods. Decision makers can easily upload the input data and get thorough illustrative results. Moreover, different techniques are available for each step of these methods. A real-world case study on social sustainability in agriculture is presented to highlight the key features of the implemented system. The aim of this study is to classify and rank the rural areas of Central Macedonia in Northern Greece using a set of eight social sustainability indicators.

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  1. University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Street, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Jason Papathanasiou

  2. Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Nikolaos Ploskas

  3. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Thomas Bournaris & Basil Manos

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  1. Graduate School of Management, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

    Shaofeng Liu

  2. Faculty of Organizational Science, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Boris Delibašić

  3. Graduate School of Management, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

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Papathanasiou, J., Ploskas, N., Bournaris, T., Manos, B. (2016). A Decision Support System for Multiple Criteria Alternative Ranking Using TOPSIS and VIKOR: A Case Study on Social Sustainability in Agriculture. In: Liu, S., Delibašić, B., Oderanti, F. (eds) Decision Support Systems VI - Addressing Sustainability and Societal Challenges. ICDSST 2016. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 250. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32877-5_1

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