ABSTRACT

Decision-making processes are important in naval architecture and marine engineering, similar to all engineering fields. The well-known branch of decision making is the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) which involves both quantitative and qualitative factors. In this study, the applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods in naval architecture and marine engineering were examined with 21 Turkish postgraduate theses and 21 English international articles. It is find out that the most frequently used MCDM method is firstly AHP and secondly TOPSIS, and the most frequently used purpose is firstly ship systems selection and secondly ship design. MCDM, a sub-field of operations research, is presented for naval architecture and marine engineers who are new and inexperienced to the subject. With this study, one another aim is to help researchers to bring original MCDM approaches to the original MCDM problems.