ABSTRACT
The R method is a recently developed MCDM technique, which ranks the alternatives based on their performance scores with respect to each of the evaluation criteria. Furthermore, it also ranks the considered criteria based on the opinion of the concerned decision-maker. These assigned ranks are subsequently converted into corresponding weights, and composite scores are evaluated using these weights, leading to a final ranking of the alternatives based on their composite scores. Due to differences in the mathematical treatments in all the MCDM techniques, there are slight variations in the intermediate rankings of the conveyors, but, the top ranked conveyor exactly matches. It proves the potentiality of R method in identifying the best alternative from a set of feasible options for a given decision-making problem.
