Interaction among the Criteria Affecting Main Battle Tank Selection: An Analysis with DEMATEL Method

摘要: Main battle tanks (MBTs) have always been in the heart of all military campaigns and enabled armies to fight across full spectrum war. Countries need consider complex interactions between subsystems MBTs decision phase a design process or MBT acquisition. In order define interaction among ‘system systems’, which is system for this case, study aims determine criteria their sub affecting selection problem analyse cause effect relations these criteria. The them determined by consulting group experts. Because multiple problem, making trial evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method used as method. DEMATEL applied on main separately understand relations. results show that Survivability criterion has strongest central role selection, while followers are firepower, mobility command control (C2). It also shown that, terms ballistic protection, survivability criterion, highest degree influence over most other However, physical dimensions/silhouette, another survivability, affected top five power/weight ratio, ground pressure suspension system.