Comparative Analysis Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach In Prioritizing Provinces Based on civil projects

This paper is aimed at evaluating the province performance in Iran based on national civil projects at the end of the fourth development planning. Therefore, by using these projects evaluation indices, published from strategic planning and control adjutancy of president, prioritizing of the province at the end of the fourth development is done. The results obtained from decision making multi criteria approach, were assessed finally by multi criteria decision making and comparative analysis. Multi criteria decision making matrix based on 6 projects evaluation indices and data from 31 provinces in Iran were gathered, and by Shanon entropy the weight of these indices for each project evaluation criteria extracted. Consequently, VIKOR method is more preferable than TOPSIS method due to Compromise solution. Based on VIKOR approach, Ilam province, Khozestan province and Khorasan Razavi province and based on TOPSIS approach Semnan province, Hamedan province and Ilam province have the highest ranks respectively.