Development of a Project Selection Method on Information System Using ANP and Fuzzy Logic

Project selection problems on management information system (MIS) are often considered a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) for a solving method. These problems contain two aspects, such as interdependencies among criteria and candidate projects and qualitative and quantitative factors of projects. However, most existing methods reported in literature consider these aspects separately even though these two aspects are simultaneously incorporated. For this reason, we proposed a hybrid method using analytic network process (ANP) and fuzzy logic in order to represent both aspects. We then propose a goal programming model to conduct an optimization for the project selection problems interpreted by a hybrid concept. Finally, a numerical example is conducted as verification purposes.

Authors:

• Ingu Kim
• Shangmun Shin
• Yongsun Choi
• Nguyen Manh Thang
• Edwin R. Ramos
• Won-Joo Hwang

Keywords:

• Analytic Network Process (ANP)
• Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM)
• Fuzzy Logic
• Information System Project Selection
• Goal Programming.

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