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Fig. 7 The position of
solutions on the map of
Boqrati
The first rank candidate location of some districts is not acceptable; such as
Kharaqan, Razan and Sardrood-Sofla (see Appendix 2). So the new MADM
approach used for these districts and the results are more acceptable.
3.1 Results of New MADM Approach
The values of all attributes have been calculated using their related sub-attributes
for each candidate location in each region. Then by multiplying attributes and their
related weights, which has been estimated using FAHP, the value of final maxi-
min and maxi-max scores calculated for them. To clarify the computations, the
attribute and final score of Boqrati region has been shown in Table 9 .
The calculations of final scores for other regions have been done similar to the
Boqrati region.
Using the defined set conditions, candidate location which satisfies the selection
condition in each region has been selected and the results are illustrated in Table 10 .
As can be seen in last column of Table 10 , more than one candidate location
satisfies the selection condition. So in this phase the aim is to select the best one
for each region. In other words the non-dominated solution for this decision prob-
lem should be found. The final score of the selected candidate location in districts