Journal of Data Science

Abstract: This paper, evaluates and compares the heterogeneous balance variation order pair of any two decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) theories, in which one has a larger balance and a smaller variation. In contrast, the other one has a smaller balance and a larger variation. With this said, the first author proposed a useful integrated validity index to evaluate any DEMATEL theory presence by combining Liu's balanced coefficient and Liu's variation coefficient. Applying this new validity index, three DEMATELs kinds with a same direct relational matrix are compared that are: the traditional, shrinkage, and balance. Furthermore, conducted is a simple validity experiment Results. show that the balance DEMATEL has the best performance. And that, the shrinkage coefficient's performance is better than that of the traditional DEMATEL.