Research Article

A Novel Multicriteria Decision-Making Method Based on Distance, Similarity, and Correlation: DSC TOPSIS

Table 5

Performance matrix for the first five countries.

CountryColumn-StandardizationRow-Standardization
MeanSt. Dev.MeanSt. Dev.

Afghanistan-0.430-0.462-0.454-0.4490.0140.464-0.306-0.1580.0000.333

Albania0.2670.1460.0230.1450.1000.470-0.205-0.2660.0000.333

Algeria0.1490.0370.1010.0960.0460.424-0.391-0.0330.0000.333

Andorra0.4090.1520.4570.3390.1340.256-0.4710.2150.0000.333

Angola-0.752-0.301-0.113-0.3880.268-0.178-0.2890.4670.0000.333

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Weights0.3330.3330.333ā€‰0.3330.3330.333ā€‰
Mean0.0000.0000.0000.342-0.260-0.082
St. Dev.0.3330.3330.3330.1980.2010.250