SAW method This method is also called Weighted Sum Method (Fishburn, 1967).

This is the simplest and still the idest used method. !n this method, each attribute is gi"en a eight and the sum o# all eights must be one. The o"erall or composite per#ormance score o# an
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alternati"e is gi"en b$ the #ollo ing e%uation& (i = W' )i'

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The alternati"e ith the highest "alue o# (i is considered to be the best alternati"e. Weighted product method This method is similar to S*W but the main di##erence is that instead o# addition in the model there is multiplication (Miller and Starr, 1969). The o"erall or composite per#ormance score o# an alternati"e is gi"en b$ the #ollo ing e%uation& Pi = R ij j=1
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The alternati"e ith the highest "alue o# (i is considered to be the best alternati"e.