Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach using Hybrid AHP-TOPSIS Methodology for Ranking and Selection of Handloom Fabrics for Summer Clothing

Amid several alternatives, ranking and selection of a textile fabric for a specific end-use requirement is not a simple task. Because, this situation involves consideration of multiple (of course, finite number of) criteria simultaneously while ranking the fabrics and thereby selecting the best alternative/option. This is a typical situation where multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) technique comes into play. A sincere effort has been made in this paper to devise an index of handloom fabric quality, which should be a benchmark for selecting the handloom fabrics for summer clothing. A new methodology of MCDM technique namely, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)-Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solutions (TOPSIS) hybrid approach has been employed here with a view to ranking 25 handloom cotton plain fabrics and thereby selecting the best alternative in terms of their quality value considering their