Research Article

A New Material Selection Method Based on Weighted Mean Values of Overall Performance Scores from Different Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods

Table 1

Literature review for applications of different MCDM methods in material selection.

AuthorsApplied MCDM methodsMaterial selection applications

Athawale and Chakraborty [3]SAW, WPM, AHP, TOPSIS, GTMA, VIKOR, ELECTRE II, PROMETHEE II, GRA, and ROVMSelection of materials for sailing-boat mast, flywheel, and cryogenic storage tank
Yang et al. [4]SAW, TOPSIS, GRA, PSI, WPM, and PROMETHEESelection of magnesium alloy material for automotive wheels
Won Chol et al. [5]Quadrant circular constellation graph-based method, RSR, SAW, WPM, TOPSIS, GRA, VIKOR, and PROMETHEESelection of magnesium alloy material for automotive wheels
Yang et al. [6]TOPSIS with some popular normalization methodsSelection of boron-based tribological coating material
Çalıskan et al. [9]EXPROM 2, TOPSIS, and VIKORSelection of best material for the tool holder used in hard milling
Çalıskan [10]EXPROM 2, TOPSIS, and VIKORSelection of boron-based tribological hard coating materials
Jahan et al. [11]WPM, fuzzy approach, VIKOR, ELECTRE, and linear assignment methodMaterial selection for flywheel, spar of an aircraft, and sailing-boat mast
Jahan et al. [12]Traditional VIKOR, revised VIKOR, and new version of VIKORSelection of material for hip joint prosthesis, material selection of metallic bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, selection of product materials for operating in a high-temperature environment, selection of material for a sailing-boat mast
Maniya and Bhatt [13]PSI, GTMA, and TOPSISThree material selection problems such as manufacturing environment, material selection for typical wind turbine blades
Khorshidi and Hassani [14]TOPSIS and PSISelection of optimal Al–SiC composite with highest strength and workability
Kumar and Suman [15]SAW, WPM, AHP, multiplicative AHP, TOPSIS, and modified TOPSISSelection of magnesium alloy material for automotive wheel
Kumar and Singal [16]AHP, TOPSIS, and modified TOPSISPenstock material selection in small hydropower plants
Mousavi-nasab and Sotoudeh-anvari [17]DEA, VIKOR, TOPSIS, ELECTRE II, COPRAS, and MOORAMaterial selection for flywheel, material selection for sailing-boat mast, material selection in low voltage systems, material selection for a cryogenic
Mousavi-nasab and Sotoudeh-anvari [18]COPRAS, TOPSIS, and VIKOR10 examples for material selection (material selection for load wagon walls, material selection for flywheel, material selection for a cryogenic tank, etc.)
Maity and Chakraborty [19]PROMETHEE II, COPRAS, TOPSIS, VIKOR, AHP, and ANPTool steel material selection
Shanian and Savadogo et al. [20]ELECTRE I and ELECTRE IIMaterial selection for a loaded thermal conductor
Shanian and Savadogo et al. [21]Ordinary TOPSIS, block TOPSIS, and VIKORSelection of mass produced nonheat-treatable cylindrical cover materials
Tian et al. [22]AHP and gray correlation TOPSISSelection of optimal green decoration materials
Yazdani and Payam [23]Ashby, VIKOR, and TOPSISMaterial selection for different applications of MEMS electrostatic actuators