Comparison of the simple additive weighting (SAW) with the technique for others reference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) methods

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Imam Tahyudin, Rahman Rosyidi, Ansari Saleh Ahmar, Haviluddin

2018 International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE) Vol. 7 Issue 2 Article Cited by 8 Quartile

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to compare the SAW and TOPSIS methods. This research uses data selection of education scholarship in an Indonesian public school. This research uses data from selection of education scholarship program in an Indonesian public school. The methods usage is SAW and TOPSIS methods. A comparison of the two methods using this data set demonstrates that SAW method was more accurate than TOPSIS method. © 2016 Authors.

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Department of Information System, STMIK AMIKOM Purwokerto, Indonesia; Department of Statistics, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia; Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Mulawarman University, Indonesia