Multiple Criteria decision -making (MCDM) approaches are required for complex issue resolution. However, it is debatable whether MCDMs applicability will be able to stay within the analytical possibilities for dealing with divorce issues. As a result, one of the newly introduced MCDMs Weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS), is chosen for evaluation. Th erefore, this study examined 388 documents from archive of the Scopus database. To evaluate the diversity of the technique's application, the data analysis looked at a few bibliometrics measures. So, the publishing hosts and their influence patterns are di splayed, the vast majority of the documents were in the fields of engineering and computer science. According to the findings, the WASPAS can deal with variety of problem -solving scenarios. Hence, this work is summed up with the aim of lowering uncertainty among decision -makers and scholars. Keywords: multiple criteria decision -making (MCDM), weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS), literature analysis 1. INTRODUCTION Multiple Criteria Decision -Making (MCDM) techniques are widely employed in industry and academia. The Weighted Product Model (WPM) and the Weighted Sum Model (WSM) are two of the most common techniques among all MCDMs [1 -6]. However, when WASPAS (weighted aggregated sum product assessment) decision -making technique first was suggested in 2012, it was considered to be among the most compelling alternative MCDM techniques because it combines the Weighted Product Model (WPM) and the Weighted Sum Model (WSM) into a single procedure [5, 7]. The WASPAS technique was offered by Zavadskas et al. [6]; and it in successful subset of the recent generation of MCDMs [5, 6, 8]. It is argued that WASPAS' algorithm is simple, and it is capable of producing more acc urate decision outcome than classic WSM and WPM Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 2/10 techniques [5, 7, 9]. WASPAS has received substantial attention from decision makers from all sorts of backgrounds due to the simplicity of the computing process and the accuracy of the outputs, and it is now widely referenced as an excellent decision support tool [5, 7]. Based on previous practices [10 -13], WASPAS's utilization necessitates four following steps for analyses of the data: (1) Creation of a decision matrix, X=[x(i,j)] mn, where n is the number of criteria, m is the number of alternatives, and x ij is the performance of the ith alternative in relation to the jth criterion. (2) Normalization of all entries in the decision matrix using the following two equations to make the metrics non -dimensional. The formula, where the normalized value of x(i,j) is x´(i,j), for beneficial criteria is x´(i,j)=x(i,j)/maximum i x(i,j) and for non -beneficial criteria it is x´(i,j)=minimum i x(i,j) /x(i,j). (3) The first relative significance of the ith option, in one han d, is analogous to the WSM technique. The Q(1)i=∑𝑋(i,j).𝑊(j)𝑛 𝑗=1 formula is used to compute the overall relative significance of the ith alternative where w(j) is the relative significance (weight) of the jth criteria. The second relative significance of the same ith alternative, in the other hand, is calculated using the WPM approach using the Q(2)i=∏𝑋(i,j)^𝑊(j)𝑛 𝑗=1 formula. (4) Q i=λQ(1)i+(1- λ)Q(2)i is a generalized equation established in WASPAS for calculating the total relative significance of ith alternative, where λ is the combination parameter in the range of 0 to 1. WASPAS method is transformed into WPM when the value of λ is 0, and WSM method when it is 1. λ is been used to remedy MCDM issues in ranking accuracy. A case is borrowed to practice the WASPAS MCDM, referencing an application of WASPAS from a reference [14] and simplified here . In a decision, there are 3 criteria (C1 ,C2 and C3), th e first two of which is beneficial but the second one is cost -related (not beneficial). C1 and C2 are equal important, 25%, but C3 is more important, 50%. Based on MCDM WASPAS, the decision maker has 5 alternatives from which to choose. Their decision matr ix in shown via Table 1, as step 1 of WASPAS . Normalization of all entries in the decision matrix in shown in Table 2, as WASPAS step 2 . Multiplying the relative importance of each criterion leads us to the next step of attribute optimization. For one, the first cell followed by WSM approach gives A1 as Q1)i = ∑𝑋(i,j).𝑊(j)𝑛 𝑗=1 = (5/5×0.25)+ (3/5×0.25)+( 8000/8500 ×0. 50). However WPM approach for A1 gives Q(2)i=∏𝑋(i,j)^𝑊(j)𝑛 𝑗=1 = (5/5^0.25) × (3/5 ^0.25) × ( 8000/8500 ^0. 50). Finally, the last step in WASPAS, after getting Q(1)i and Q(2)i for all alternatives, is finding Qi=λQ(1)i+(1- λ)Q(2)i as ,with decided λ =1/2 , it became ( Q(1)i/2)+(Q(2)i /2) for all alternatives. WASPAS results in choosing the best alternatives as shown in Table 3. Table 1. Decision matrix C1 (qualitative weight (1-5)) C2 (qualitative weight (1-5)) C3 (cost $) A1 5 3 8500 A2 5 3 8000 A3 5 5 8500 A4 3 4 8000 A5 5 5 8500 Table 2. Decision matrix C1 C2 C3 A1 5/5 3/5 8000/8500 Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 3/10 A2 5/5 3/5 8000/8000 A3 5/5 5/5 8000/8500 A4 3/5 4/5 8000/8000 A5 5/5 5/5 8000/8500 Table 3. Ranking of Alternatives WSM WPM WASPAS Ranking 0.870588 0.853834 0.862211 0.9 0.880112 0.890056 0.970588 0.970143 0.970365 Best 0.85 0.832358 0.841179 Worst 0.970588 0.970143 0.970365 Best WASPAS method has been used in various research projects, however there is no synopsis of its usage yet. This study attempts to fill the literature gap by conducting a WASPAS literature survey. 2. METHOD There are two major databases for collecting scholarly publications data, namely Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus [1 5]. To select the best database for data collection The search formulation of (TITLE -ABS -KEY ("Weighted aggregated sum product assessment") OR TITLE -ABS -KEY ("WASPAS")) was used on 12/4/2022 to se arch for related terms via titles, abstracts, and keywords. The number of documents retrieved from WoS and SCOPUS databases was 369 and 388 respectively. Therefore, the data used in this study came from the archive of Scopus databases. The data for the las t year, 2022, was not complete, because of the search time. Nonetheless, 388 documents, including 326 articles, 48 conference Paper, 8 book chapters, 4 review papers, and 2 conference reviews, were among the results of the data search. Among them, the stat us of 27 documents was ‘Article in Press’. There were no limitations in the time frame and search fields. However, the first article in the research area was published in the year 2012. All data were exported to a comma -separated value (CSV) file for further analysis. One document was written in Croatian, and non -English. Thus, it together with two conference reviews were taken out, limiting the analysis to 385 documents. Documents were analyzed based on their type, distribution of subject category, output, authorship, country of publication, publication patterns, and distribution of documents with the Scopus [1 6] analysis platform. Besides, the latest version of VOSviower [1 7] software (Version 1.6.18 released in January 2022) was used for detailed bib liometric analysis. VOSviewer was selected as it was solely designed for scientific research, bibliometric maps, and graphical data representation [1 8]. The VOSviewer software is able to read CSV file which was exported from the Scopus database and analysi s them according to some defined analysis like co-authorships networks, and keywords’ co -occurrence . Besides, ScienceScape [1 9] was used as a supplementary online data visualization tool. 3. RESULTS As illustrated in Figure 1, the use of the WASPAS method in scientific documents is steadily expanding year after year, according to Scopus statistics. Among the WASPAS users, Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 4/10 Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, who developed the method, was strongly top author listed based on the archived document number, with 11.4 percent of the documents. His university colleague, Jurgita Antucheviciene, was second listed with 3.9 percent of the documents, and another university col league, Zenonas Turskis, was next with 3.3 percent of the documents. Figure 1. Documents by year Using the data of Figure 1, results Figure 2 with a non -linear regression equation based on the Power Model with N publications and A years of method’s ag e as A=0.03N^3.53; The response variable in a power mode non -linear regression is related to the factor increased to a power [ 20]. That outcome predicts, for instance, about 400 published documents are likelihood to be archived via Scopus in 2025. Plotting visualization of Figure 2 provides the fitting validation. Figure 2. Publications prediction Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 5/10 Moreover, as shown in Figure 3, although Zavadskas leads the strongest earliest known network of co -authorship based on the collected documents, recent 2 -3 years observed limited but new networks of newcomers. The overlay visualization of a co -authorship network was constructed based on 385 documents. In this visualization, the size of the circle represents the number of documents published. Each colony repres ents a group of researchers who works and published together. Figure 3. Overlay visualization of co -authorships Table 4. Documents by study field Study Field Documents Engineering 171 Computer Science 136 Mathematics 76 Business, Management and Accounting 68 Environmental Science 59 Energy 55 Social Sciences 48 Decision Sciences 41 Materials Science 37 Economics, Econometrics and Finance 26 Physics and Astronomy 26 Chemistry 15 Chemical Engineering 13 Earth and Planetary Sciences 9 Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 6/10 Multidisciplinary 5 Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 Medicine 4 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 Arts and Humanities 2 Health Professions 1 Neuroscience 1 Psychology 1 Figure 4 depicts an inference that demonstrates the capability of the WASPAS method to be used in conjunction with other MCDM methods such as AHP, TOPSIS, Entropy, SWARA, MOORA, COPRAS, as well as fuzzy sets and sensivity analysis. It also shows the method ’s applicability in various study areas such as risk management, sustainability research, location decisions, and wind power -related works. Furthermore, as illustrated in Figure 5, the variety of applications of the WASPAS decision -making method in diverse fields has grown in recent years. In Figure 5, The density of utilized keywords over time is represented by color themes ranging from bright to dark, similar to a standard heat -maps. More to be discussed, even though the WASPAS method was created for dec ision -makers and based on applied mathematics, engineering and computer science are two of the method's most prominent users, accounting for 80 percent of the documents. Table 4 shows the distribution of the documents by study field. In addition, the statistics in this Table demonstrates the method's broad applicability across more than 20 different fields. Figure 6 looks at the top authors, keywords, and publishing journals and how they are linked. Figure 7, however, depicts the top ten countries with the most archived documents, and as can be seen, India dominates with nearly one -fourth of the count, followed by Iran. However, according to the data, some important scholarly acto rs, such as Japan, Austria, Finland, Norway, Vietnam, Ukraine, and a few others, are not yet WASPAS users. Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 7/10 Figure 4. Network visualization of Keywords Figure 5. Keywords Evolution over time Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 8/10 Figure 6. Authors, keywords, and journals Figure 7 . Documents by country Cite as: Sorooshian, S., Azizan, N.A., Ale Ebrahim, N. (2022). Weighted aggregated sum product assessment. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 873 -878. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090403 9/10 4. CONCLUSIONS The purpose of this study was to give insight into the deployment of WASPAS. The research conducted an examination of the Scopus database, as well as the requisite bibliometric analyses. While this review is coming to an end, it has the potential to increase the conceptual productivity of the WASPAS by carefully assessing the elements, evaluating current bibliometric information, and comprehending the different motivations for t he method's diverse usage. WASPAS is capable to solve MCDMs in variety of fields, especially in engineering and computer science context. The readers acquire a plausible view after gaining a thorough grasp of solicitation and the execution of the WASPAS. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The publication fee of this work is supported by Prince Sultan University .