BIBLIOMETRIC STUDIES ON MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS (MCDA) METHODS APPLIED IN MILITARY PROBLEMS

ABSTRACT Military issues have great relevance worldwide since they affect the security and sovereignty of nations. In this context, the application of Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods is important because accurate decision-making is the deciding factor for success, which can reduce expenses and increase defense capacity. This paper aims to present a literature review on the main applications of MCDA in the military area, considering the tactical, operational and strategic spheres. The methodology includes a bibliometric study and literature review of documents from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The bibliometric study identified the document type, language, year of publication, authors, author network, author’s publications, affiliation, keyword clusters, the field of knowledge, country and the main applied MCDA methods in military problems. The literature review allows us to verify that, as well as in other areas of knowledge, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is the most applied MCDA method in the military area.

摘要 军事议题在全球范围内均具有极高的关联性，因其直接关乎各国的安全与主权。在此背景下，多准则决策分析（Multicriteria Decision Analysis, MCDA）方法的应用至关重要，因为精准决策是决定项目成败的核心因素，能够有效降低开支并提升国防能力。本研究旨在针对多准则决策分析在军事领域的主要应用展开文献综述，涵盖战术、作战与战略三个层面。本研究的方法体系包含对Scopus与Web of Science数据库中的文献开展文献计量学研究与文献综述。本次文献计量学研究分析了文献类型、出版语言、发表年份、作者、作者合作网络、作者发文量、所属机构、关键词聚类、知识领域、所属国家，以及用于解决军事问题的主流多准则决策分析方法。本次文献综述证实，与其他知识领域一致，层次分析法（Analytic Hierarchy Process, AHP）是军事领域中应用最为广泛的多准则决策分析方法。