Site Selection for Girls Hostel in a University Campus by MCDM based Strategy

Aditi Biswas; Kamal Hossain Gazi; Prodip Bhaduri; Sankar Prasad Mondal

doi:10.31181/sdmap21202511

Authors

Aditi Biswas Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management, West Bengal, India Author https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1972-6536
Kamal Hossain Gazi Department of Applied Mathematics, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, 741249, India Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-984X
Prodip Bhaduri Department of Applied Mathematics, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, 741249, India Author https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5455-8202
Sankar Prasad Mondal Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management, West Bengal, India Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4690-2598

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31181/sdmap21202511

Keywords:

Girls hostel site selection, University hostel, MCDM, Entropy, Sensitivity analysis

Abstract

The area of interest based on girls’ hostel site selection is an important topic nowadays. The research directly impacts the well-being, safety, and academic success of female students who are taking the facilities for accommodation while pursuing their academic courses. An efficient hostel location not only supports the physical safety of students but also takes care of their psychological and emotional well-being by providing a suitable and helpful living atmosphere. Different valuable criteria and sub-criteria are considered for evaluating the most suitable site for a girls' hostel. The security and protection, proximity to academic buildings, accessibility, health and safety, and environmental factors as criteria with their associated sub-criteria are considered for this study. Two decision makers are given data sets in linguistic terms and further converted into crisp numbers. The weights of the criteria and sub-criteria are determined by a well-known multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique called the Entropy weighted method. Further, the most prioritized location for the girls' hostel on the university campus was evacuated using the weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS) based ranking MCDM method. Additionally, the sensitivity analysis was conducted to check the stability and flexibility of the results.

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