Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process

Selection of cotton fibers in terms of their quality value has created a domain of emerging interest among the researchers. In this study, a newly developed Best-Worst Method (BWM) was integrated with Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process (RAHP) to rank cotton fiber lots on the basis of six apposite fi...

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Main Authors: Ashis Mitra, Abhijit Majumdar
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Natural Fibers
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2023.2210324
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description Selection of cotton fibers in terms of their quality value has created a domain of emerging interest among the researchers. In this study, a newly developed Best-Worst Method (BWM) was integrated with Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process (RAHP) to rank cotton fiber lots on the basis of six apposite fiber properties namely fiber bundle tenacity, elongation, micronaire, upper half mean length, uniformity index, and short fiber index. Ranking performance of this integrated approach closely resembles those of the other multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches. No occurrence of rank reversal during the sensitivity analyses corroborates the stability and robustness of the BWM-RAHP method. Uniqueness of the present study lies in the fact that this is the maiden application of the vector-based BWM approach, that uses fewer pairwise comparisons than other variants of MCDM, in a cotton fiber grading problem. The RAHP adds value to the decision model by overcoming the problem of ranking inconsistency. Rank correlations between the ranking based on quality value of cotton and those based on yarn tenacity are also encouraging, and further bolster the efficacy of the BWM-RAHP method.
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spelling doaj.art-5ca2ba0023074049a0dc33d2177bf4b82023-09-25T10:29:00ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Natural Fibers1544-04781544-046X2023-08-0120210.1080/15440478.2023.22103242210324Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy ProcessAshis Mitra0Abhijit Majumdar1Visva-Bharati UniversityIndian Institute of Technology DelhiSelection of cotton fibers in terms of their quality value has created a domain of emerging interest among the researchers. In this study, a newly developed Best-Worst Method (BWM) was integrated with Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process (RAHP) to rank cotton fiber lots on the basis of six apposite fiber properties namely fiber bundle tenacity, elongation, micronaire, upper half mean length, uniformity index, and short fiber index. Ranking performance of this integrated approach closely resembles those of the other multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches. No occurrence of rank reversal during the sensitivity analyses corroborates the stability and robustness of the BWM-RAHP method. Uniqueness of the present study lies in the fact that this is the maiden application of the vector-based BWM approach, that uses fewer pairwise comparisons than other variants of MCDM, in a cotton fiber grading problem. The RAHP adds value to the decision model by overcoming the problem of ranking inconsistency. Rank correlations between the ranking based on quality value of cotton and those based on yarn tenacity are also encouraging, and further bolster the efficacy of the BWM-RAHP method.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2023.2210324ahpbwmcottonmcdmquality valuesensitivity analysis
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Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process
Journal of Natural Fibers
ahp
bwm
cotton
mcdm
quality value
sensitivity analysis
title Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process
title_full Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process
title_fullStr Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process
title_short Determination of Quality Value of Cotton Fiber Using Integrated Best-Worst Method-Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process
title_sort determination of quality value of cotton fiber using integrated best worst method revised analytic hierarchy process
topic ahp
bwm
cotton
mcdm
quality value
sensitivity analysis
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