Analytic Network Process based Evaluation and Analysis of Railway Station Site Selection in Ethiopia
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2014-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This paper deals with the problem of finding an optimum site for a railway station,
simultaneously it is intended to investigate, analyze and evaluate the Ethiopian railway
station site selection using the method of Analytic Network Process (ANP). The paper
identifies five major criteria: (1) Environmental, (2) Engineering, (3) Institutional, (4)
Social, and (5) Economical factors. In addition, there are 23 sub criteria. Data are
collected from Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC), questionnaire and survey,
prepared in four types: (i) pairwise comparisons between major criteria with respect to
the goal, (ii) pairwise comparisons between sub criteria with respect to common cluster,
(iii) pairwise comparison between sub criteria with respect to the goal (i.e. the outer
dependences between sub criteria of different clusters), and (iv) pairwise comparison
between alternatives with respect to sub criteria. The results from the questionnaire are
feed into ANP in order to evaluate and identify the most suitable site. Then, the study
evaluates the ERC decision in three selected railway station sites, Dire Dawa, Bike, and
Dewenle and have got the same in Dire Dawa and Dewenle, but different in Bike.
Finally, the output of this particular paper is applicable not only on railway station site
selection but also on rail/road route, pipeline, waste disposal selection etc.
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railway station, Analytic Network Process