Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis via Ratio and Difference Judgement

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-4419-4810-6
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 286 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: Applied Optimization

The point of departure in the present book is that the decision makers, involved in the evaluation of alternatives under conflicting criteria, express their preferential judgement by estimating ratios of subjective values or differences of the corresponding logarithms, the so-called grades. Three MCDA methods are studied in detail: the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique SMART, as well as the Additive and the Multiplicative AHP, both pairwise-comparison methods which do not suffer from the well-known shortcomings of the original Analytic Hierarchy Process. Context-related preference modelling on the basis of psycho-physical research in visual perception and motor skills is extensively discussed in the introductory chapters. Thereafter many extensions of the ideas are presented via case studies in university administration, health care, environmental assessment, budget allocation, and energy planning at the national and the European level. The issues under consideration are: group decision making with inhomogeneous power distributions, the search for a compromise solution, resource allocation and fair distributions, scenario analysis in long-term planning, conflict analysis via the pairwise comparison of concessions, and multi-objective optimization. The final chapters are devoted to the fortunes of MCDA in the hands of its designers. The research started in the late seventies, when I got involved in three different problems: the nomination procedures in a university, the evaluation of alternative energy-research proposals, and the evaluation of non-linear programming software.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lootsma, Freerk A.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Numerische Mathematik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research Spieltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biomathematik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Variationsrechnung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Smart, Direct Rating.- The AHP, Pairwise Comparisons.- Scale Sensitivity and Rank Preservation.- The Alternatives in Perspective.- Group Decision Making.- Resource Allocation.- Scenario Analysis.- Conflict Analysis and Negotiations.- Multi-Objective Linear Programming.- MCDA in the Hands of Its Masters.- Prospects of MCDA.