Combined criteria weighting in MCDM: AHP in blocks with traditional Entropy and novel Hierarchy in TOPSIS evaluation of Cloud Services
Iliyan Petrov · 2021
This paper presents a combined approach based on “AHP-block and objective criteria weighting with Entropy and Hierarchy approach for improving the methodology of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) for Cloud Services (CS) selection. A structured and comprehensive approach allows optimizing the combination of professional experts' opinion and objectivity of entropy criteria weighting. The new method and findings are tested on an recent and detailed dataset with Quality of Service (QoS) criteria with a simulation for the needs of individual users and small education organisations under conditions of COVID-19 pandemics.