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		Benchmarking for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis // Performs and
		benchmarks various Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
		methods. MCDA is a decision-making framework used to evaluate
		and rank alternatives based on multiple conflicting criteria
		using normalization, weighting, and aggregation techniques. The
		package implements a wide range of MCDA methods including ARAS
		(Additive Ratio Assessment), AROMAN (Alternative Ranking Order
		Method Accounting for two-step Normalization), COCOSO (Combined
		Compromise Solution), CODAS (Combinative Distance-based
		Assessment), COPRAS (Complex Proportional Assessment), EDAS
		(Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution), ELECTRE
		(Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality) family (I-IV), FUCA
		(Faire Un Choix Adequat), GRA (Grey Relational Analysis), MABAC
		(Multi-Attributive Border Approximation Area Comparison),
		MAIRCA (Multi-Attributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis),
		MARCOS (Measurement of Alternatives and Ranking according to
		Compromise Solution), MAUT (Multi-Attribute Utility Theory),
		MAVT (Multi-Attribute Value Theory), MEGAN (Multi-criteria
		Evaluation with Gradual-weighting and Aggregation of Normalized
		distance matrices), MOORA (Multi-Objective Optimization on the
		basis of Ratio Analysis), OCRA (Operational Competitiveness
		Rating Analysis), ORESTE (Organisation, Rangement Et Synthese
		De Donnees Relationnelles), PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking
		Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations I-VI), RAM (Root
		Assessment Method), ROV (Range of Value), SMART (Simple Multi-
		Attribute Rating Technique), TOPSIS (Technique for Order
		Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution), VIKOR
		(VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje), WASPAS
		(Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment), WPM (Weighted
		Product Model), and WSM (Weighted Sum Model). The package
		computes comparative evaluation measures including Spearman
		rank correlation (Spearman, 1904) doi:10.2307/1412107, Salabun-
		Urbaniak's weight similarity index (Salabun and Urbaniak,
		2020)doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50417-5_47, Wilcoxon signed-rank
		test (Wilcoxon, 1945)doi:10.2307/3001968, and permutation- and
		bootstrap- based entropy difference tests for pairwise method
		comparisons using Jensen-Shannon divergence (Lin,
		1991)doi:10.1109/18.61115. It also provides sensitivity and
		stability analysis of MCDA results. Weight sensitivity analysis
		is implemented through deterministic and stochastic
		perturbation of criterion weights, and is also integrated as a
		built-in step within the MEGAN method framework (Cebeci,
		2026)doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.3819.
	</longdescription>
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