RANKING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSIN TURKEY BASED ON THE METHODS OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISIONMAKING ANALYSIS

Abstract

The diversity less among the Alternative Energy Resources Technology Programs (AERTPs) in Turkey makes giving the “proper” decision crucial by high school senior students. The literature review exhibits that there exists a need over the expectation for a ranking system of the two-year programs in vocational schools in Turkey so as identifying two-year programs compared to others. In this strategic decision context, it is especially important for the students to make a suitable decision associated with their higher education. Therefore, this study focuses on developing a specific ranking system of twoyear energy programs in Turkey. In order to classify the programs, the most important decision criteria should be required. In this aspect, a survey is applied to a hundred high school senior students to recognize which multi-criteria for selection of an energy program they pick. Thus, the survey makes this study is more applicable to build a foundation for a field-based ranking system in Turkey. In this regard, a framework for ranking of AERTPs during the academic year of 2019 in Turkey is accomplished using three methods of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Analysis including Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART), and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).