Ordinal priority approach

Ordinal priority approach (OPA) is a multiple-criteria decision analysis method that aids in solving the group decision-making problems based on preference relations.

Description

Various methods have been proposed to solve multi-criteria decision-making problems.{{Cite journal |last1=Mardani |first1=Abbas |last2=Jusoh |first2=Ahmad |last3=MD Nor |first3=Khalil |last4=Khalifah |first4=Zainab |last5=Zakwan |first5=Norhayati |last6=Valipour |first6=Alireza |date=2015 |title=Multiple criteria decision-making techniques and their applications – a review of the literature from 2000 to 2014 |journal=Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=516–571 |doi=10.1080/1331677x.2015.1075139 |s2cid=57402259 |issn=1331-677X |doi-access=free }} The basis of methods such as analytic hierarchy process and analytic network process is pairwise comparison matrix.{{Cite journal |last1=Penadés-Plà |first1=Vicent |last2=García-Segura |first2=Tatiana |last3=Martí |first3=José |last4=Yepes |first4=Víctor |date=2016-12-09 |title=A Review of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods Applied to the Sustainable Bridge Design |journal=Sustainability |volume=8 |issue=12 |pages=1295 |doi=10.3390/su8121295 |issn=2071-1050 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2016Sust....8.1295P }} The advantages and disadvantages of the pairwise comparison matrix were discussed by Munier and Hontoria in their book.{{cite book |last1=Munier |first1=Nolberto |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60392-2 |title=Uses and Limitations of the AHP Method |last2=Hontoria |first2=Eloy |series=Management for Professionals |year=2021 |publisher=Springer Nature |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-60392-2 |isbn=978-3-030-60392-2 |s2cid=241759250 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-19 |archive-date=2022-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134500/https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60392-2 |url-status=live }} In recent years, the OPA method was proposed to solve the multi-criteria decision-making problems based on the ordinal data instead of using the pairwise comparison matrix.{{cite journal |last1=Ataei |first1=Younes |last2=Mahmoudi |first2=Amin |last3=Feylizadeh |first3=Mohammad Reza |last4=Li |first4=Deng-Feng |date=1 January 2020 |title=Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA) in Multiple Attribute Decision-Making |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156849461930674X |journal=Applied Soft Computing |volume=86 |pages=105893 |doi=10.1016/j.asoc.2019.105893 |s2cid=209928171|url-access=subscription }} The OPA method is a major part of Dr. Amin Mahmoudi's PhD thesis from the Southeast University of China.

File:Decision Making components.jpgThis method uses linear programming approach to compute the weights of experts, criteria, and alternatives simultaneously.{{cite journal |last1=Sotoudeh-Anvari |first1=Alireza |date=1 September 2022 |title=The applications of MCDM methods in COVID-19 pandemic: A state of the art review |journal=Applied Soft Computing |volume=126 |pages=109238 |doi=10.1016/j.asoc.2022.109238|pmid=35795407 |pmc=9245376 }} The main reason for using ordinal data in the OPA method is the accessibility and accuracy of the ordinal data compared with exact ratios used in group decision-making problems involved with humans.{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Haomin |last2=Peng |first2=Yi |last3=Kou |first3=Gang |date=1 July 2021 |title=A two-stage ranking method to minimize ordinal violation for pairwise comparisons |journal=Applied Soft Computing |volume=106 |pages=107287 |doi=10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107287|s2cid=233657592 |doi-access=free }}

In real-world situations, the experts might not have enough knowledge regarding one alternative or criterion. In this case, the input data of the problem is incomplete, which needs to be incorporated into the linear programming of the OPA. To handle the incomplete input data in the OPA method, the constraints related to the criteria or alternatives should be removed from the OPA linear-programming model.{{Cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Deng |first2=Xiaopeng |last3=Javed |first3=Saad Ahmed |last4=Yuan |first4=Jingfeng |date=2021-10-01 |title=Large-scale multiple criteria decision-making with missing values: project selection through TOPSIS-OPA |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12652-020-02649-w |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing |language=en |volume=12 |issue=10 |pages=9341–9362 |doi=10.1007/s12652-020-02649-w |issn=1868-5145 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134422/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12652-020-02649-w |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-23 |s2cid=228929310|url-access=subscription }}

Various types of data normalization methods have been employed in multi-criteria decision-making methods in recent years. Palczewski and Sałabun showed that using various data normalization methods can change the final ranks of the multi-criteria decision-making methods.{{Cite journal |last1=Palczewski |first1=Krzysztof |last2=Sałabun |first2=Wojciech |date=2019 |title=Influence of various normalization methods in PROMETHEE II: an empirical study on the selection of the airport location |journal=Procedia Computer Science |volume=159 |pages=2051–2060 |doi=10.1016/j.procs.2019.09.378 |s2cid=207756779 |issn=1877-0509 |doi-access=free }} Javed and colleagues showed that a multiple-criteria decision-making problem can be solved by avoiding the data normalization.{{Cite journal |last1=Ahmed Javed |first1=Saad |last2=Gunasekaran |first2=Angappa |last3=Mahmoudi |first3=Amin |date=2022-09-22 |title=DGRA: Multi-sourcing and Supplier Classification through Dynamic Grey Relational Analysis Method |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835222006623 |journal=Computers & Industrial Engineering |volume=173 |language=en |pages=108674 |doi=10.1016/j.cie.2022.108674 |s2cid=252478074 |issn=0360-8352|url-access=subscription }} There is no need to normalize the preference relations and thus, the OPA method does not require data normalization.

The OPA method

The OPA model is a linear programming model, which can be solved using a simplex algorithm. The steps of this method are as follows:

Step 1: Identifying the experts and determining the preference of experts based on their working experience, educational qualification, etc.

Step 2: identifying the criteria and determining the preference of the criteria by each expert.

Step 3: identifying the alternatives and determining the preference of the alternatives in each criterion by each expert.

Step 4: Constructing the following linear programming model and solving it by an appropriate optimization software such as LINGO, GAMS, MATLAB, etc.

$\begin{align}
&Max Z \\
&S.t. \\
&Z \leq r_{i}\bigg (r_{j} \big(r_{k} (w_{ijk}^{r_{k}} - w_{ijk}^{{r_{k}}+1}) \big)\bigg) \; \; \; \; \forall i,j \; and \; r_{k} \\
&Z \leq r_{i} r_{j} r_{m} w_{ijk}^{r_{m}} \; \; \; \forall i,j \; and \; r_{m} \\
&\sum_{i=1}^{p}\sum_{j=1}^{n}\sum_{k=1}^{m} w_{ijk} = 1 \\
&w_{ijk}\geq0 \; \; \; \forall i, j \; and \; k \\
&Z: Unrestricted\;in\;sign \\
\end{align}$

In the above model, $r_i(i=1,...,p)$ represents the rank of expert $i$ , $r_j(j=1...,n)$ represents the rank of criterion $j$ , $r_k(k=1...,m)$ represents the rank of alternative $k$ , and $w_{ijk}$ represents the weight of alternative $k$ in criterion $j$ by expert $i$ .

After solving the OPA linear programming model, the weight of each alternative is calculated by the following equation:

$\begin{aligned}
&w_k=\sum_{i=1}^{p}\sum_{j=1}^{n} w_{ijk} \; \; \; \; \forall k \\
\end{aligned}$

The weight of each criterion is calculated by the following equation:

$\begin{aligned}
&w_j=\sum_{i=1}^{p}\sum_{k=1}^{m} w_{ijk} \; \; \; \; \forall j \\
\end{aligned}$

And the weight of each expert is calculated by the following equation:

$\begin{aligned}
&w_i=\sum_{j=1}^{n}\sum_{k=1}^{m} w_{ijk} \; \; \; \; \forall i \\
\end{aligned}$

Example

File:Decision Problem of the OPA.jpg

Suppose that we are going to investigate the issue of buying a house. There are two experts in this decision problem. Also, there are two criteria called cost (c), and construction quality (q) for buying the house. On the other hand, there are three houses (h1, h2, h3) for purchasing. The first expert (x) has three years of working experience and the second expert (y) has two years of working experience. The structure of the problem is shown in the figure.

Step 1: The first expert (x) has more experience than expert (y), hence x > y.

Step 2: The criteria and their preference are summarized in the following table:

class="wikitable"

|+Experts’ opinions regarding criteria

!Criteria

!Expert (x)

!Expert (y)

Step 3: The alternatives and their preference are summarized in the following table:

class="wikitable" \|+Experts' opinions regarding alternatives ! rowspan="2" \|Alternatives ! colspan="2" \|Expert (x) ! colspan="2" \|Expert (y)
c !q !c !q
h1 \|1 \|2 \|1 \|3
h2 \|3 \|1 \|2 \|1
h3 \|2 \|3 \|3 \|2

class="wikitable"

|+Experts' opinions regarding alternatives

! rowspan="2" |Alternatives

! colspan="2" |Expert (x)

! colspan="2" |Expert (y)

Step 4: The OPA linear programming model is formed based on the input data as follows:

$\begin{align}
&Max Z \\
&S.t. \\
&Z \leq 1*1* 1* (w_{xch1} - w_{xch3}) \; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 1*1*2* (w_{xch3} - w_{xch2})\; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 1* 1 *3* w_{xch2} \; \; \; \\
\\
&Z \leq 1*2* 1* (w_{xqh2} - w_{xqh1}) \; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 1*2* 2* (w_{xqh1} - w_{xqh3}) \; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 1* 2 *3* w_{xqh3} \; \; \; \\
\\
&Z \leq 2*2* 1* (w_{ych1} - w_{ych2}) \; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 2*2*2* (w_{ych2} - w_{ych3})\; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 2* 2 *3* w_{ych3} \; \; \; \\
\\
&Z \leq 2*1* 1* (w_{yqh2} - w_{yqh3}) \; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 2*1* 2* (w_{yqh3} - w_{yqh1}) \; \; \; \; \\
&Z \leq 2* 1 *3* w_{yqh1} \; \; \; \\
\\
&w_{xch1} + w_{xch2} + w_{xch3} + w_{xqh1} + w_{xqh2} + w_{xqh3}+w_{ych1} + w_{ych2} + w_{ych3} + w_{yqh1} + w_{yqh2} + w_{yqh3}= 1 \\
\\
\end{align}$

After solving the above model using optimization software, the weights of experts, criteria and alternatives are obtained as follows:

$\begin{align}&w_{x}=w_{xch1} + w_{xch2} + w_{xch3} + w_{xqh1} + w_{xqh2} + w_{xqh3}=0.666667 \\\\&w_{y}=w_{ych1} + w_{ych2} + w_{ych3} + w_{yqh1} + w_{yqh2} + w_{yqh3}=0.333333 \\\\\\&w_{c}=w_{xch1} + w_{xch2} + w_{xch3} + w_{ych1} + w_{ych2} + w_{ych3}=0.555556 \\\\&w_{q}=w_{xqh1} + w_{xqh2} + w_{xqh3} + w_{yqh1} + w_{yqh2} + w_{yqh3}=0.444444 \\\\\\&w_{h1}=w_{xch1} + w_{xqh1} + w_{ych1} + w_{yqh1} = 0.425926 \\\\&w_{h2}=w_{xch2} + w_{xqh2} + w_{ych2} + w_{yqh2} =0.351852 \\\\&w_{h3}=w_{xch3} + w_{xqh3} + w_{ych3} + w_{yqh3} =0.222222\\\\\end{align}$

Therefore, House 1 (h1) is considered as the best alternative. Moreover, we can understand that criterion cost (c) is more important than criterion construction quality (q). Also, based on the experts' weights, we can understand that expert (x) has a higher impact on final selection compared with expert (y).

Applications

The applications of the OPA method in various field of studies are summarized as follows:

Agriculture, manufacturing, services

Manufacturing supply chain{{Cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Sadeghi |first2=Mahsa |last3=Naeni |first3=Leila Moslemi |date=2023 |title=Blockchain and supply chain finance for sustainable construction industry: ensemble ranking using Ordinal Priority Approach |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-023-00374-z |journal=Operations Management Research |language=en |doi=10.1007/s12063-023-00374-z |s2cid=259410408 |issn=1936-9743|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Ahmed Javed |first1=Saad |last2=Gunasekaran |first2=Angappa |last3=Mahmoudi |first3=Amin |date=2022-09-22 |title=DGRA: Multi-sourcing and Supplier Classification through Dynamic Grey Relational Analysis Method |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835222006623 |journal=Computers & Industrial Engineering |volume=173 |language=en |pages=108674 |doi=10.1016/j.cie.2022.108674 |issn=0360-8352 |s2cid=252478074|url-access=subscription }}
Production strategies{{cite journal |last1=Le |first1=Minh-Tai |last2=Nhieu |first2=Nhat-Luong |date=January 2022 |title=A Novel Multi-Criteria Assessment Approach for Post-COVID-19 Production Strategies in Vietnam Manufacturing Industry: OPA–Fuzzy EDAS Model |journal=Sustainability |volume=14 |issue=8 |pages=4732 |doi=10.3390/su14084732 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2022Sust...14.4732L }}
Production scheduling{{Cite journal |last1=Tafakkori |first1=Keivan |last2=Tavakkoli-Moghaddam |first2=Reza |last3=Siadat |first3=Ali |date=2022 |title=Sustainable negotiation-based nesting and scheduling in additive manufacturing systems: A case study and multi-objective meta-heuristic algorithms |journal=Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence |volume=112 |pages=104836 |doi=10.1016/j.engappai.2022.104836 |issn=0952-1976 |s2cid=247829389|doi-access=free }}
Automotive industry{{Cite journal |last1=Bah |first1=M. K. |last2=Tulkinov |first2=S. |date=2022-07-20 |title=Evaluation of Automotive Parts Suppliers through Ordinal Priority Approach and TOPSIS {{!}} Management Science and Business Decisions |journal=Management Science and Business Decisions |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=5–17 |language=en-US |doi=10.52812/msbd.37 |s2cid=250934141|doi-access=free }}
Community service demand{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Jintao |last2=Dai |first2=Yan |last3=Wang |first3=Cynthia Changxin |last4=Sun |first4=Jun |date=2022 |title=Assessment of Environmental Demands of Age-Friendly Communities from Perspectives of Different Residential Groups: A Case of Wuhan, China |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |language=en |volume=19 |issue=15 |pages=9120 |doi=10.3390/ijerph19159120 |issn=1660-4601 |pmc=9368052 |pmid=35897508 |doi-access=free}}

Construction industry

Construction sub-contracting{{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Javed |first2=Saad Ahmed |date=April 2022 |title=Performance Evaluation of Construction Sub-contractors using Ordinal Priority Approach |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149718921001178 |journal=Evaluation and Program Planning |volume=91 |pages=102022 |doi=10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.102022 |pmid=34736766 |s2cid=239609916|url-access=subscription }}
Sustainable construction{{Cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Sadeghi |first2=Mahsa |last3=Deng |first3=Xiaopeng |date=2022-04-12 |title=Performance measurement of construction suppliers under localization, agility, and digitalization criteria: Fuzzy Ordinal Priority Approach |journal=Environment, Development and Sustainability |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1007/s10668-022-02301-x |issn=1387-585X |pmc=9001166 |pmid=35431618}}
Project management{{Cite journal |last1=Faisal |first1=Mohd. Nishat |last2=Al Subaie |first2=Abdulla Abdulaziz |last3=Sabir |first3=Lamay Bin |last4=Sharif |first4=Khurram Jahangir |date=2022-01-01 |title=PMBOK, IPMA and fuzzy-AHP based novel framework for leadership competencies development in megaprojects |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-10-2021-0583 |url-status=live |journal=Benchmarking|volume= 30|issue= 9|pages=2993–3020 |doi=10.1108/BIJ-10-2021-0583 |issn=1463-5771 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134423/https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BIJ-10-2021-0583/full/html |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-19 |s2cid=250940618|url-access=subscription }}

Energy and environment

Natural resource extraction{{Cite journal |last1=Quayson |first1=Matthew |last2=Bai |first2=Chunguang |last3=Mahmoudi |first3=Amin |last4=Hu |first4=Weihao |last5=Chen |first5=Wei |last6=Omoruyi |first6=Osayuwamen |date=2023 |title=Designing a decision support tool for integrating ESG into the natural resource extraction industry for sustainable development using the ordinal priority approach |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103988 |journal=Resources Policy |volume=85 |pages=103988 |doi=10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103988 |bibcode=2023RePol..8503988Q |s2cid=260727664 |issn=0301-4207|url-access=subscription }}
Solar and wind energies{{Cite journal |last1=Ala |first1=Ali |last2=Mahmoudi |first2=Amin |last3=Mirjalili |first3=Seyedali |last4=Simic |first4=Vladimir |last5=Pamucar |first5=Dragan |date=2023 |title=Evaluating the Performance of various Algorithms for Wind Energy Optimization: A Hybrid Decision-Making model |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119731 |journal=Expert Systems with Applications |volume=221 |pages=119731 |doi=10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119731 |s2cid=257212701 |issn=0957-4174|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Elkadeem |first1=Mohamed R. |last2=Younes |first2=Ali |last3=Mazzeo |first3=Domenico |last4=Jurasz |first4=Jakub |last5=Elia Campana |first5=Pietro |last6=Sharshir |first6=Swellam W. |last7=Alaam |first7=Mohamed A. |date=2022 |title=Geospatial-assisted multi-criterion analysis of solar and wind power geographical-technical-economic potential assessment |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119532 |journal=Applied Energy |volume=322 |pages=119532 |doi=10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119532 |bibcode=2022ApEn..32219532E |issn=0306-2619 |s2cid=250062623|url-access=subscription }}
Low-carbon technologies{{Cite journal |last=Islam |first=Shajedul |date=2021-07-28 |title=Evaluation of Low-Carbon Sustainable Technologies in Agriculture Sector through Grey Ordinal Priority Approach |journal=International Journal of Grey Systems |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=5–26 |doi=10.52812/ijgs.3 |issn=2767-3308 |s2cid=237463151|doi-access=free }}
Electrification and emissions{{Cite journal |last=Candra |first=Cliford Septian |date=2022-07-29 |title=Evaluation of Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption in Indonesia through Grey Ordinal Priority Approach {{!}} International Journal of Grey Systems |journal=International Journal of Grey Systems |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=38–56 |language=en-US |doi=10.52812/ijgs.46|s2cid=251183598 |doi-access=free }}
Circular economy

Healthcare

COVID-19
Healthcare supply chain{{Cite journal |last1=Quartey-Papafio |first1=T. K. |last2=Shajedul |first2=I. |last3=Dehaghani |first3=A. R. |date=2021-07-25 |title=Evaluating Suppliers for Healthcare Centre using Ordinal Priority Approach {{!}} Management Science and Business Decisions |journal=Management Science and Business Decisions |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=5–11 |language=en-US |doi=10.52812/msbd.12 |s2cid=237950190|doi-access=free }}
Community services{{Cite journal |last1=Dorado Chaparro |first1=Javier |last2=Fernández-Bermejo Ruiz |first2=Jesús |last3=Santofimia Romero |first3=María José |last4=del Toro García |first4=Xavier |last5=Cantarero Navarro |first5=Rubén |last6=Bolaños Peño |first6=Cristina |last7=Llumiguano Solano |first7=Henry |last8=Villanueva Molina |first8=Félix Jesús |last9=Gonçalves Silva |first9=Anabela |last10=López |first10=Juan Carlos |date=2022-05-01 |title=Phyx.io: Expert-Based Decision Making for the Selection of At-Home Rehabilitation Solutions for Active and Healthy Aging |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |language=en |volume=19 |issue=9 |pages=5490 |doi=10.3390/ijerph19095490 |issn=1660-4601 |pmc=9103419 |pmid=35564884 |doi-access=free}}

Information technology

Metaverse{{Cite journal |last1=Pamucar |first1=Dragan |last2=Deveci |first2=Muhammet |last3=Gokasar |first3=Ilgin |last4=Tavana |first4=Madjid |last5=Köppen |first5=Mario |date=2022 |title=A metaverse assessment model for sustainable transportation using ordinal priority approach and Aczel-Alsina norms |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121778 |url-status=live |journal=Technological Forecasting and Social Change |volume=182 |pages=121778 |doi=10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121778 |issn=0040-1625 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134405/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004016252200302X?via%3Dihub |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-19 |s2cid=249799590|hdl=10044/1/98484 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Deveci |first1=Muhammet |last2=Pamucar |first2=Dragan |last3=Gokasar |first3=Ilgin |last4=Koppen |first4=Mario |last5=Gupta |first5=Brij B. |date=2022 |title=Personal Mobility in Metaverse With Autonomous Vehicles Using Q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets Based OPA-RAFSI Model |journal=IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems |volume=24 |issue=12 |pages=15642–15651 |doi=10.1109/TITS.2022.3186294 |s2cid=250507795}}
Autonomous vehicles{{Cite journal |last1=Deveci |first1=Muhammet |last2=Pamucar |first2=Dragan |last3=Gokasar |first3=Ilgin |last4=Pedrycz |first4=Witold |last5=Wen |first5=Xin |date=2022 |title=Autonomous Bus Operation Alternatives in Urban Areas Using Fuzzy Dombi-Bonferroni Operator Based Decision Making Model |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9894368 |url-status=live |journal=IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems |volume=24 |issue=12 |pages=15714–15723 |doi=10.1109/TITS.2022.3202111 |issn=1524-9050 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134404/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9894368/ |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-19 |s2cid=252349294|url-access=subscription }}
Process control{{Cite journal |last1=Su |first1=Chong |last2=Ma |first2=Xuri |last3=Lv |first3=Jing |last4=Tu |first4=Tao |last5=Li |first5=Hongguang |date=2022 |title=A multilayer affective computing model with evolutionary strategies reflecting decision-makers' preferences in process control |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isatra.2021.11.038 |url-status=live |journal=ISA Transactions |volume=128 |issue=Pt B |pages=565–578 |doi=10.1016/j.isatra.2021.11.038 |issn=0019-0578 |pmid=34953588 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134408/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019057821006133?via%3Dihub |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-19 |s2cid=245168890|url-access=subscription }}
Electric vehicles
Blockchain{{cite journal |last1=Sadeghi |first1=Mahsa |last2=Mahmoudi |first2=Amin |last3=Deng |first3=Xiaopeng |date=February 2022 |title=Adopting distributed ledger technology for the sustainable construction industry: evaluating the barriers using Ordinal Priority Approach |journal=Environmental Science and Pollution Research |volume=29 |issue=7 |pages=10495–10520 |doi=10.1007/s11356-021-16376-y |pmc=8443118 |pmid=34528198|bibcode=2022ESPR...2910495S }}{{cite journal |last1=Sadeghi |first1=Mahsa |last2=Mahmoudi |first2=Amin |last3=Deng |first3=Xiaopeng |date=19 April 2022 |title=Blockchain technology in construction organizations: risk assessment using trapezoidal fuzzy ordinal priority approach |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ECAM-01-2022-0014/full/html |journal=Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management |pages=2767–2793 |volume=30 |issue=7 |doi=10.1108/ECAM-01-2022-0014 |s2cid=248225580|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Sadeghi |first1=M. |last2=Mahmoudi |first2=A. |last3=Deng |first3=X. |last4=Luo |first4=X. |date=27 June 2022 |title=Prioritizing requirements for implementing blockchain technology in construction supply chain based on circular economy: Fuzzy Ordinal Priority Approach |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13762-022-04298-2 |journal=International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=4991–5012 |doi=10.1007/s13762-022-04298-2 |s2cid=250065647|url-access=subscription }}
Technology demand{{Cite journal |last1=Amirghodsi |first1=Sirous |last2=Naeini |first2=Ali Bonyadi |last3=Makui |first3=Ahmad |date=2022 |title=An Integrated Delphi-DEMATEL-ELECTRE Method on Gray Numbers to Rank Technology Providers |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2980127 |url-status=live |journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=1348–1364 |doi=10.1109/tem.2020.2980127 |issn=0018-9391 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134406/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9083974/ |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-19 |s2cid=218924240|url-access=subscription }}

Transportation

Supply chain management
Transportation planning{{cite journal |last1=Pamucar |first1=Dragan |last2=Deveci |first2=Muhammet |last3=Gokasar |first3=Ilgin |last4=Martínez |first4=Luis |last5=Köppen |first5=Mario |date=1 July 2022 |title=Prioritizing transport planning strategies for freight companies towards zero carbon emission using ordinal priority approach |journal=Computers & Industrial Engineering |volume=169 |pages=108259 |doi=10.1016/j.cie.2022.108259 |s2cid=248978509|doi-access=free |hdl=10044/1/98486 |hdl-access=free }}
Traffic control{{Cite journal |last1=Bouraima |first1=Mouhamed Bayane |last2=Kiptum |first2=Clement Kiprotich |last3=Ndiema |first3=Kevin Maraka |last4=Qiu |first4=Yanjun |last5=Tanackov |first5=Ilija |date=2022-08-19 |title=Prioritization Road Safety Strategies Towards Zero Road Traffic Injury Using Ordinal Priority Approach |url=https://oresta.rabek.org/index.php/oresta/article/view/291 |url-status=live |journal=Operational Research in Engineering Sciences: Theory and Applications |language=en |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=206–221 |doi=10.31181/oresta190822150b |doi-broken-date=18 January 2025 |issn=2620-1747 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821152434/https://oresta.rabek.org/index.php/oresta/article/view/291 |archive-date=2022-08-21 |access-date=2022-09-19 |s2cid=251728499|doi-access=free }}
Road maintenance{{Cite journal |last1=Bouraima |first1=Mouhamed Bayane |last2=Qiu |first2=Yanjun |last3=Kiptum |first3=Clement Kiprotich |last4=Ndiema |first4=Kevin Maraka |date=2022-08-17 |title=Evaluation of Factors Affecting Road Maintenance in Kenyan Counties Using the Ordinal Priority Approach |url=https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/index.php/JCCE/article/view/272 |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=260–265 |language=en |doi=10.47852/bonviewJCCE2202272 |issn=2810-9503 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134408/https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/index.php/JCCE/article/view/272 |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-19|doi-access=free }}

Extensions

Several extensions of the OPA method are listed as follows:

Grey ordinal priority approach (OPA-G){{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Deng |first2=Xiaopeng |last3=Javed |first3=Saad Ahmed |last4=Zhang |first4=Na |date=January 2021 |title=Sustainable Supplier Selection in Megaprojects: Grey Ordinal Priority Approach |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bse.2623 |journal=Business Strategy and the Environment |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=318–339 |doi=10.1002/bse.2623 |bibcode=2021BSEnv..30..318M |s2cid=224917346|url-access=subscription }}
Fuzzy ordinal priority approach (OPA-F){{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Javed |first2=Saad Ahmed |last3=Mardani |first3=Abbas |date=June 2022 |title=Gresilient supplier selection through Fuzzy Ordinal Priority Approach: decision-making in post-COVID era |journal=Operations Management Research |volume=15 |issue=1–2 |pages=208–232 |doi=10.1007/s12063-021-00178-z |s2cid=232240914|doi-access=free |pmc=7960884 }}
Interval ordinal priority approach{{Cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Javed |first2=Saad Ahmed |date=2023 |title=Uncertainty Analysis in Group Decisions through Interval Ordinal Priority Approach |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09825-1 |journal=Group Decision and Negotiation |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=807–833 |doi=10.1007/s10726-023-09825-1 |s2cid=258205868 |issn=0926-2644|url-access=subscription }}
Strict and weak OPA{{Cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Javed |first2=Saad Ahmed |date=2023 |title=Strict and weak ordinal relations for estimating the criteria weights in Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA) |journal=MethodsX |language=en |volume=11 |pages=102389 |doi=10.1016/j.mex.2023.102389|pmid=37791009 |pmc=10542415 }}
Ordinal priority approach under picture fuzzy sets (OPA-P)
Confidence level measurement in the OPA{{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Javed |first2=Saad Ahmed |date=October 2022 |title=Probabilistic Approach to Multi-Stage Supplier Evaluation: Confidence Level Measurement in Ordinal Priority Approach |journal=Group Decision and Negotiation |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=1051–1096 |doi=10.1007/s10726-022-09790-1 |pmc=9409630 |pmid=36042813}}
Neutrosophic ordinal priority approach (OPA-N){{Cite journal |last1=Abdel-Basset |first1=Mohamed |last2=Mohamed |first2=Mai |last3=Abdel-monem |first3=Ahmed |last4=Elfattah |first4=Mohamed Abd |date=2022-04-29 |title=New extension of ordinal priority approach for multiple attribute decision-making problems: design and analysis |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40747-022-00721-w |url-status=live |journal=Complex & Intelligent Systems |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=4955–4970 |doi=10.1007/s40747-022-00721-w |issn=2199-4536 |pmc=9051802 |pmid=35505994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134405/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40747-022-00721-w |archive-date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-09-23}}
Rough ordinal priority approach{{Cite journal |last1=Du |first1=Jun-Liang |last2=Liu |first2=Si-Feng |last3=Javed |first3=Saad Ahmed |last4=Goh |first4=Mark |last5=Chen |first5=Zhen-Song |date=2023 |title=Enhancing Quality Function Deployment Through the Integration of Rough Set and Ordinal Priority Approach: A Case Study in Electric Vehicle Manufacturing |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10153341 |journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management |volume=71 |pages=7541–7552 |doi=10.1109/TEM.2023.3282228 |issn=1558-0040|url-access=subscription }}
Robust ordinal priority spproach (OPA-R){{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Abbasi |first2=Mehdi |last3=Deng |first3=Xiaopeng |date=February 2022 |title=A novel project portfolio selection framework towards organizational resilience: Robust Ordinal Priority Approach |journal=Expert Systems with Applications |volume=188 |pages=116067 |doi=10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116067|pmid=36818824 |pmc=9928571 }}
Hybrid OPA–Fuzzy EDAS
Hybrid DEA-OPA model{{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Abbasi |first2=Mehdi |last3=Deng |first3=Xiaopeng |date=April 2022 |title=Evaluating the Performance of the Suppliers Using Hybrid DEA-OPA Model: A Sustainable Development Perspective |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10726-021-09770-x |journal=Group Decision and Negotiation |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=335–362 |doi=10.1007/s10726-021-09770-x|s2cid=254498857 |url-access=subscription }}
Hybrid MULTIMOORA-OPA{{Cite journal |last1=Irvanizam |first1=Irvanizam |last2=Zulfan |first2=Zulfan |last3=Nasir |first3=Puti F. |last4=Marzuki |first4=Marzuki |last5=Rusdiana |first5=Siti |last6=Salwa |first6=Nany |date=2022 |title=An Extended MULTIMOORA Based on Trapezoidal Fuzzy Neutrosophic Sets and Objective Weighting Method in Group Decision-Making |journal=IEEE Access |volume=10 |pages=47476–47498 |doi=10.1109/access.2022.3170565 |issn=2169-3536 |s2cid=248698791|doi-access=free |bibcode=2022IEEEA..1047476I }}
Group-weighted ordinal priority approach (GWOPA){{cite journal |last1=Mahmoudi |first1=Amin |last2=Abbasi |first2=Mehdi |last3=Yuan |first3=Jingfeng |last4=Li |first4=Lingzhi |date=7 September 2022 |title=Large-scale group decision-making (LSGDM) for performance measurement of healthcare construction projects: Ordinal Priority Approach |journal=Applied Intelligence |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=13781–13802 |doi=10.1007/s10489-022-04094-y |pmc=9449288 |pmid=36091930}}

Software

The following non-profit tools are available to solve the MCDM problems using the OPA method:

Web-based solver{{Cite web |title=Web-based solver |url=https://ordinalpriorityapproach.com/opasolver.html |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=ordinalpriorityapproach.com}}
Excel-based solver{{Citation |title=Excel-based solver |date=2021-01-21 |doi= 10.5281/zenodo.4453887|url=https://zenodo.org/record/4453887 |access-date=2022-10-15|last1= Mahmoudi|first1= Amin}}
Lingo-based solver{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Lingo-based solver |date=2022-07-07 |url=https://github.com/Amin-Mhd/Multiple-Criteria-Decision-Analysis-Software |publisher=github.com |access-date=2022-10-15}}
Matlab-based solver{{Cite web |title=Matlab-based solver |url=https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/106890-opa-solver-a-solver-for-multiple-criteria-decision-analysis |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.mathworks.com |language=en}}

References

Multiple-criteria decision analysis

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