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An interactive aid for descriptive multiattribute problems
Author(s) -
Klein Gary
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6750(199012)37:6<953::aid-nav3220370614>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - decision maker , computer science , set (abstract data type) , simple (philosophy) , selection (genetic algorithm) , dominance (genetics) , operations research , mathematics , management science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , epistemology , economics , gene , programming language
Certain selection decisions involve attributes of a qualitative nature. Descriptive labels, rather than quantitative values, express the attribute values. A method is presented that will solve multiple attribute problems with descriptive attributes. The method relies on dominance, dictated by multiple‐attribute value functions, for eliminating alternatives from a discrete set of alternatives. Only simple paired comparison preferences are required from a decision maker. An interactive setting minimizes the number of responses required of a decision maker. An example and computational results are included.