<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents the main components of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology and their application in the assessment of several public transportation solutions in a specific traffic corridor. The corridor in question is 15 km long and runs through the centre of Wrocław, Poland. The analysis focused on six alternative scenarios. The following elements were taken into consideration in their design: alternative means of land transport; different types of vehicles and priorities for public transportation; location of bus and tram stops. The individual solutions were assessed based on six criteria designed to measure different aspects of the problem with the use of two alternative MCDM methods: Electre III/IV and AHP. Computational experiments established the final ranking of transport solutions in the corridor from best to worst in terms of the analysed criteria.</p></abstract>

This article presents the main components of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology and their application in the assessment of several public transportation solutions in a specific traffic corridor. The corridor in question is 15 km long and runs through the centre of Wrocław, Poland. The analysis focused on six alternative scenarios. The following elements were taken into consideration in their design: alternative means of land transport; different types of vehicles and priorities for public transportation; location of bus and tram stops. The individual solutions were assessed based on six criteria designed to measure different aspects of the problem with the use of two alternative MCDM methods: Electre III/IV and AHP. Computational experiments established the final ranking of transport solutions in the corridor from best to worst in terms of the analysed criteria.

A Multi-Criteria Appraisal of the Selection of Means of Urban Passenger Transport using the Electre and AHP Methods

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This article presents the main components of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology and their application in the assessment of several public...

A Multi-Criteria Appraisal of the Selection of Means of Urban Passenger Transport using the Electre and AHP Methods

Online veröffentlicht: 21. Mai 2020

Seitenbereich: 79 - 93

Eingereicht: 15. Mai 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.088.8693

Schlüsselwörter
transportation corridor, public transportation, multi-criteria decision making

© 2020 Mariusz Dudek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

A Multi-Criteria Appraisal of the Selection of Means of Urban Passenger Transport using the Electre and AHP Methods

Online veröffentlicht: 21. Mai 2020

Seitenbereich: 79 - 93

Eingereicht: 15. Mai 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.088.8693

Schlüsselwörtertransportation corridor, public transportation, multi-criteria decision making

© 2020 Mariusz Dudek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Schlüsselwörter
transportation corridor, public transportation, multi-criteria decision making