Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps
ABSTRACT: Many agricultural research and development programs aiming at enhancing tradeoffs related to different adoption, management and policy decisions face a methodological problem in which multi-criteria ranking is used to reach acceptable compromises between different objectives (e.g. those of...
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| author | Aymen Frija Hassen Ouerghemmi Firas Ismail Sika Gbegbelegbe Nedumaran Swamikannu |
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| description | ABSTRACT: Many agricultural research and development programs aiming at enhancing tradeoffs related to different adoption, management and policy decisions face a methodological problem in which multi-criteria ranking is used to reach acceptable compromises between different objectives (e.g. those of farms, research managers, donors or policy makers). A typical situation is where many farm management options will result in different conflicting economic, social and environmental impacts. Ranking these options and the choice of those to promote is challenging. The literature provides a set of methodological solutions that need background data organization and simulation through coding using different computing software. Here, we provide a generic solution and friendly interface, made on Shiny (an R-package) based on the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). We apply this method for ranking different crop technological products of grain legumes and dry cereals based on their respective impacts on poverty, child malnutrition and economic benefits in more than 40 countries in eight different geographic zones across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.• The developed algorithms and interface can help rank different options based on the weights (preferences) of their respective outcome indicators.• The interface allows for changing the weights (preferences) and automatically generates new ranking tables and graphs accordingly, which can serve for scenario simulations, which saves time compared to manually performing these calculations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30bb5c8ea6424ad0818658fe62c07b212022-12-21T19:38:08ZengElsevierMethodsX2215-01612021-01-018101519Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyAppsAymen Frija0Hassen Ouerghemmi1Firas Ismail2Sika Gbegbelegbe3Nedumaran Swamikannu4International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA); Corresponding author.International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)Institut National des sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (INSAT)International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)ABSTRACT: Many agricultural research and development programs aiming at enhancing tradeoffs related to different adoption, management and policy decisions face a methodological problem in which multi-criteria ranking is used to reach acceptable compromises between different objectives (e.g. those of farms, research managers, donors or policy makers). A typical situation is where many farm management options will result in different conflicting economic, social and environmental impacts. Ranking these options and the choice of those to promote is challenging. The literature provides a set of methodological solutions that need background data organization and simulation through coding using different computing software. Here, we provide a generic solution and friendly interface, made on Shiny (an R-package) based on the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). We apply this method for ranking different crop technological products of grain legumes and dry cereals based on their respective impacts on poverty, child malnutrition and economic benefits in more than 40 countries in eight different geographic zones across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.• The developed algorithms and interface can help rank different options based on the weights (preferences) of their respective outcome indicators.• The interface allows for changing the weights (preferences) and automatically generates new ranking tables and graphs accordingly, which can serve for scenario simulations, which saves time compared to manually performing these calculations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016121003125TradeoffsMulticriteria assessmentRanking of optionsRRstudioShiny |
| spellingShingle | Aymen Frija Hassen Ouerghemmi Firas Ismail Sika Gbegbelegbe Nedumaran Swamikannu Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps MethodsX Tradeoffs Multicriteria assessment Ranking of options R Rstudio Shiny |
| title | Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps |
| title_full | Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps |
| title_fullStr | Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps |
| title_short | Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps |
| title_sort | generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution using shinyapps |
| topic | Tradeoffs Multicriteria assessment Ranking of options R Rstudio Shiny |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016121003125 |
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