Neutrosophic Multicriteria Method to Evaluate the Competencies of Mayoral Candidates

Abstract

Democracy in Ecuador is based on the election of the highest authorities through popular election and the territorial division over which the elected has functions and powers to fulfill in case of being elected. The candidates make commitments on which they would work, as well as the concrete actions that they would take in office if elected. However, there are inconsistencies between the government plans proposed by the candidates and the obligations that are required by law to comply with the low level of competencies. This research proposes a solution to the posed problem with the development of a method to evaluate the competencies of mayoral candidates in the execution of government plans. The proposed method bases its operation on a multi-expert multi-criteria approach with the use of neutrosophic numbers.

Keywords

• multi-criteria decision-making method
• neutrosophic numbers
• government plans
• mayoralty