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TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) is a prominent distance-based MCDM/MADM (multi-criteria or multi-attribute decision making) technique. This chapter will review its origin followed by developments in the algorithm, along with a demonstration example. The intent is to show the basics of the method.
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Shih, HS. (2022). TOPSIS Basics. In: TOPSIS and its Extensions: A Distance-Based MCDM Approach. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 447. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09577-1_2
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