Multi-criteria
Selection of the Computer
Configuration for Engineering Design
Jasmina Vasović, Miroslav Radojičić, Stojan Vasović, and Zoran
Nešić
Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Abstract: The problems of choosing the PC configuration are Multi Criteria Decision
Making (MCDM) problems. The paper presents an integrated approach to
interdependent PC configuration selection problems using multiple criteria
decision making methods and Delphi technique.
Research has been based on the implementation of the concept of expert groups,
extended approach to the Delphi method concept
and appropriate statistical procedures and tools with software support. This
provides the conditions for a decision maker, the manager, to connect all data
and relations in one rational whole through multicriteria rating of alternative
solutions; subsequently, by using appropriate methods of multicriteria decision
making supported by software, the decision maker can find the solution for the
optimisation problem - by the selection of the most favourable alternative with
regard to the established criteria and appropriate preferences. The application
of the proposed approach has been illustrated through an example of the
selection of the best configuration of a computer system for simulation in
engineering design in Serbian companies. The main contribution of the paper is
presented methodological multicriteria approach that integrates the adequate
methods and processes. The presented methodology opens the possibility for wide
application in solving the problem of selecting computer configuration for
different applications.
Keywords: Computer configurations, PROMETHEE
method, delphi technique, information technology projects
Received February 27, 2014; accepted August
16, 2015
