Publication Name: International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering
Publication Date: 2025-09-01
Volume: 14
Issue: 3
Page Range: 426-444
Description:
This paper offers a practical model to help farmers choose the most suitable mobile application for their specific needs, improving decision-making processes in adopting agricultural technology. Given the wide range of applications available on the market, the need to select the one that best improves agricultural production motivated the research in this paper. To simplify the decision-making process for farmers, a methodology that applied the fuzzy approach was developed. Based on this, this research aimed to evaluate and identify mobile applications most suitable for the Farmino farm using a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach. A decision-making model that includes ten criteria and several mobile applications was applied. Farm employees, who are the intended users of these applications, evaluated the criteria and applications using linguistic terms. The methods of fuzzy Simple Weight Calculation (SiWeC) and fuzzy Logarithmic Percentage Change-Driven Objective Weighting (LOPCOW) were used to determine the weight of the criteria. These methods revealed that the criterion "Data accuracy" was more important than the others, while the importance of the other criteria was less. Finally, the fuzzy method Multi-Attributive Border Approximation Area Comparison (MABAC) was used to rank mobile applications, and the results showed that the A4 mobile application ranked highest, making it the best choice for Farmino farm.
In this research is presented a new method for determining the weights of criteria called simple weight calculation (SIWEC) method. The steps of this method are presented in the practical example of determining the importance of criteria for the needs of sales of agricultural products in the Semberija region. During the presentation of this method two methods are elaborated the simple SIWEC method which includes numerical ratings and the fuzzy SIWEC method which includes ratings in the form of linguistic value. In the selected example is presented how to use this method in order to determine the importance of criteria and in both cases the criterion of sales reliability is given the greatest weight. The contribution SIWEC method is reflected in its simplicity, which facilitates decision-making. • The method presented in this research apart from others is that it uses the evaluation of the criteria by decision makers, so the criteria should not be ranked and compared, but simply evaluated. • Unlike similar methods, the presented method uses the adjusted steps of the method for ranking the alternatives, and decision makers are given a different importance in the decision-making.
The paper presents the FUCOM-FMAIRCA MCDM model for application in human resource management. The proposed model allows the inclusion of all relevant stakeholders in the process of human resource selection, enhances the pool of scientific knowledge in the field of human resource management highlighting selection as a special activity, and uses modern quantitative (mathematical) decision-making methods. Based on the analysis of personality traits of teachers and literature related to this field, the necessary characteristics of teachers of the Military Academy are presented, on the basis of which the selection criteria are formed. The FUCOM method was used to define the weight coefficients of the defined criteria. In order to more precisely determine the qualitative properties and their quantification, triangular fuzzy numbers were implemented in the MAIRCA method, and by applying all the steps of this method, the ranking of alternatives was performed. Finally, in order to test the validity of the model, a sensitivity analysis was carried out.