Introduction

Decision making is basically the procedure for the specification of the best option(s) among a set of feasible alternatives. A particular instance is multi-criteria decision making, which is concerned with structuring and formulating optimization problems that take account of multiple criteria. Numerous multi-criteria decision making models have been created and put into use in a variety of sectors, including engineering, economics, management, business, and information technology [66]. A reason for the variety of approaches in this field is that the extent to which a good performance in terms of some criteria can offset bad performances for others is open to debate. In addition, the structure of the data affects the discussion about the elements that determine the conclusion. The advancement of computer technology has complemented the development of decision making approaches, that straightforwardly deal with complicated and large sources of information or data.