• APPLICATION OF TOPSIS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING- A REVIEW

PRAVIN V. DESAI

Abstract: The real world has many problems to be solved, including selection decisions, and one initial step is to identify problem characteristics and obtain their measures. This is termed as modelling process. 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. TOPSIS is a useful technique to handle real world MCDM problems. It helps decision maker(s) (DMs) conduct analysis, comparisons, and rankings of available alternatives when multiple criteria are involved. This paper will review its origin followed by developments in various fields of civil engineering.\\r\\n