APEKS 2 as a Modification of the APEKS Method

Abstract The study presents the APEKS 2 method as a proposal of modification of the APEKS method, used to evaluate and select one of the many variants of organizational and technical solutions using their multi-criteria evaluation. The proposed modification of the method consists mainly in changing the procedure of determining the numerical weights of the evaluation criteria. As a result of the proposed change, the possibility of disregarding the influence of a given criterion on the final score is eliminated, unless it is an action intended by the evaluator. Moreover, the introduced change increases the accuracy of the method and allows to better reflect the preferences of the evaluator. Thanks to this, the APEKS 2 method gives the possibility of a better evaluation and, as a result, a more precise selection of the best of the compared technical solutions. The original method and its modification are also suitable for multi-criteria evaluation and selection of the best solution in non-technical applications.