An avoiding information loss approach to group decision making

AbstractOwing to the increasing complexity in various management, aggregating experts’ knowledge and experiences to make an appropriate decision is an important research area. However, with aggregation of information in decision process, some information may be lost. The aim of this paper is to present a systematic methodology avoiding information loss for group decision making. An extended TOPSIS method is twice used to the current method, which is first used to determine the weights of decision makers, and second used to rank the preference order of alternatives. The proposed approach is straightforward and has no aggregation of information. A comparison of proposed method with other methods is also done. Finally, a numerical example for supplier selection is given to illustrate the application of the introduced method