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ELECTRE III and IV Decision Aids in an Environmental Problem
Author(s) -
Hokkanen Joonas,
Salminen Pekka
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of multi‐criteria decision analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1360
pISSN - 1057-9214
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1360(199707)6:4<215::aid-mcda139>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - electre , context (archaeology) , operations research , value (mathematics) , decision aids , multiple criteria decision analysis , decision analysis , computer science , decision problem , management science , mathematics , statistics , engineering , medicine , machine learning , algorithm , geography , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology
This paper gives a description and analysis of the use of ELECTRE III and IV decision aids in the context of choosing a solid waste management system in two different real applications in Finland. Both methods fit this context well in general, since the problem involves many criteria and many ‘decision makers’. The available data are imprecise, which also favours the use of outranking methods. In addition to the real applications, we also study the choice behaviour offered for decision makers in connection with these methods by looking at some test results obtained from randomly generated problems. In general, the results of ELECTRE III and IV do not differ substantially from those from the application of traditional value functions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.