APPLICATION OF THE ELECTRE III METHOD TO POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING

摘要

This paper introduces a multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) method called ELECTRE III and gives a case study of its application to power distribution system planning. The method uses three thresholds incorporate both criterion error/uncertainty and human sensitivity to differing levels of the criterion to evaluate alternatives. The case study is a distribution-related problems based on an existing distribution network, ensuring the illustration can be used for reference in similar cases. Meanwhile, that the thresholds may be functions of the performances of the pair of alternatives for special criterion is proposed and illustrated in the case study. Furthermore, the result of comparison with the simple multi-attribute rating technique (SMART) shows ELECTRE III is more flexible in utilizing the information provided by decision maker (DM) and can overcome the flaw that the capital cost masks the technical benefits. In conclusion, ELECTRE III is a practical and feasible solution in power distribution system planning.