Site Selection for Girls Hostel in a University Campus by MCDM based Strategy

The area of interest based on girls’ hostel site selection is an important topic nowadays. The research directly impacts the well-being, safety, and academic success of female students who are using accommodation facilities while pursuing their academic courses. An efficient hostel location not only supports the physical safety of students but also takes care of their psychological and emotional well-being by providing a suitable and supportive living atmosphere. Different valuable criteria and sub-criteria are considered for evaluating the most suitable site for a girls' hostel. Security and protection, proximity to academic buildings, accessibility, health and safety, and environmental factors are considered as criteria along with their associated sub-criteria in this study. Two decision-makers are given data sets in linguistic terms, which are further converted into crisp numbers. The weights of the criteria and sub-criteria are determined by a well-known multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique called the Entropy-weighted method. Further, the most prioritized location for the girls' hostel on the university campus was evaluated using the Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS)-based ranking MCDM method. Additionally, sensitivity analysis was conducted to check the stability and flexibility of the results.