Multicriterion decision making in performance evaluation of an irrigation system

✍ Scribed by Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju; C.R.S. Pillai

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 276 KB
• Volume: 112
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0377-2217
• DOI: 10.1016/s0377-2217(98)00007-1

✦ Synopsis

The selection of the best alternative in irrigation development strategies is examined in the multiobjective context. Sri Ram Sagar Project, a major irrigation project in India is taken for the case study. The study deals with the performance evaluation of ®ve canal distributories by considering eight dierent criteria. Two Multicriterion Decision Making (MCDM) methods, namely, Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) and Stochastic extension of PROMETHEE-2 (STOPROM-2) are employed to select the best one among the ®ve. Taguchi experimental design technique is employed to minimise the computational burden arising in the sensitivity analysis studies. The proposed methodology can serve as a model to choose the best one for formulating guide lines for improving the eciency and performance of similar other distributories.