Application of MCDM methods for flotation machine selection. (15th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Štirbanović, Zoran; Stanujkić, Dragiša; Miljanović, Igor; Milanović, Dragan
• Is Part Of: Minerals engineering. Volume 137(2019)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 146
• Publication Date: 2019-06-15
• Subjects: Flotation machines -- Selection -- MCDM -- TOPSIS -- VIKOR; Mines and mineral resources -- Periodicals; Ressources minérales -- Périodiques; Mines and mineral resources; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 622
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2019.04.014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0892-6875

Abstract

Highlights: A new approach for flotation machine selection is proposed. VIKOR and TOPSIS methods were used for the evaluation of flotation machines. Criteria for the evaluation were selected and weights were signed by three experts. Based on the performed evaluation, the best solution was selected. Abstract: MCDM methods can be used in many areas when decision making process is weighed on the basis of many influential parameters. Results of this study show that MCDM methods, such as TOPSIS and VIKOR, can also be applied for flotation machine selection. Five flotation machines were evaluated by three experts using ten criteria divided in three groups: constructional, economical and technical and the results of their evaluation were the basis for application of VIKOR and TOPSIS methods. In the first step of the selection the results obtained with these two MCDM methods were different: machine A 4 was seen as the best alternative by TOPSIS, while VIKOR recognized machine A 3 as the best alternative. In order to determine which of these two machines was really the most appropriate one, the machines were re-evaluated based only on two groups of criteria: constructional and economical. The results of the additional evaluation showed that the machine A 4 was the best ranked by both methods.