Research on the construction of digital village evaluation model based on AHP-entropy TOPSIS method

Abstract

The swift advancement of cutting-edge information technology is reshaping the global economic landscape and industrial structures. Emerging from this backdrop, the concept of digital village construction has surfaced as a strategic cornerstone and a priority in the drive for rural revitalization. This study uses Nanjing City as a case study to develop an evaluation system for digital village construction. It incorporates five key dimensions: information infrastructure, digital economy, intelligent green village, digital governance, and digital lifestyle. By applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and entropy value method for weight assignment, this paper constructs a TOPSIS comprehensive evaluation model to analyze the progress in digital village development over recent years. The results of the study show that the use of a comprehensive assignment method to calculate the weight of the indicators results in the use of hierarchical analysis of the value of the indicator weight interval of [0.0118, 0.1166], entropy weight method derived from the weight of the indicators of the interval of [0.0308, 0.0875], the combination of the weight of the interval of [0.0292, 0.0944], the combination of the weight of the more scientific and reasonable. The comprehensive evaluation score of the digital village construction level in the sample city shows a gradual increase from 2019 to 2023, and the comprehensive evaluation scores of digital village construction in 2021 and 2022 are 0.475 and 0.745. This study shows that with the development of rural revitalization strategies, the level of digital village construction tends to increase.