The characteristic objects method: A new intelligent decision support tool for sustainable manufacturing

Abstract

This paper presents a new multi-criteria decision-making method, which is called the Characteristic Objects method, in the field of sustainable manufacturing. This approach is an alternative for AHP, TOPSIS, ELECTRE or PROMETHEE methods. The paper presents the possibility of using the COMET method for sustainable manufacturing. For this purpose, a brief review of the literature is shown. Then the COMET method is presented in detail. At the end of the paper, a simple problem is solved by using the COMET method.