APPLICATION OF FUZZY AHP AND ANP METHODS FOR CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN NITROCHLOROBENZEN FORMATION

Abstract

Multi-criteria decision making methods are widely used in solving several decision making problems. The main purpose of these decision making methods is selecting the best alternative among the others by grading process. This study aims to investigate the usability of fuzzy AHP and ANP methods for probably occurable products at the end of a spesific series of chemical reactions. We defined the criteria which effect the process during the chemical reaction and researched the influences of these criteria on probable products. We used fuzzy set theory to express the importance weights of spesific criteria because of the uncertainty in the affects to the chemical reaction. By implementing both fuzzy AHP and ANP methods individually, we argued which method yields better results in forecasting direction of the chemical reaction.