Comparison of Several Decision-Making Techniques: A Case of Water Losses Management in Developing Countries

Shaher H. Zyoud and Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch ()
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Shaher H. Zyoud: Department of Building Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Palestine Technical University-Kadoorei, P. O. Box Tulkarem - Jaffa Street 7, Tulkarem, Palestine
Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch: Institute of Urban Water Management and Landscape Water Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 10/I, 8010 Graz, Austria

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), 2019, vol. 18, issue 05, 1551-1578

Abstract: Managing water losses in water supply systems has become a crucial concern. Multi criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques are efficient in this regard. A framework of prioritizing strategies to manage water losses was tested by different MCDM techniques, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and several Fuzzy AHP techniques. The modified Fuzzy AHP produced the most credible and consistent outputs. Sensitivity analysis conducted over it showed that the ranking of strategies/alternatives was sensitive to changes in weights of criteria with higher importance. This analysis demonstrates the ability of AHP and Fuzzy AHP techniques to deal with complex issues in water loss management.

Keywords: Analytic hierarchy process AHP; comparative analysis; Fuzzy AHP; intermittent supply; water losses; sensitivity analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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