Open AccessMulticriteria ranking of urban transportation system alternatives
Author(s) -
Gomes Luiz F. A. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670230104
Subject(s) - pairwise comparison , weighting , ranking (information retrieval) , rank (graph theory) , operations research , computer science , public transport , mathematical optimization , transport engineering , management science , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , machine learning , mathematics , artificial intelligence , business , medicine , combinatorics , radiology
Abstract This paper presents the fundamentals of a new method to rank urban transportation system alternatives, taking into consideration multiple criteria. Those criteria can be quantifiable or not. The new method is founded on Utility Theory and it makes use of absolute weighting and pairwise comparisons. It has important practical advantages over other existing methods, the most important among those advantages being its capability to be understood and accepted by professionals and by the public. A numerical example is included in the paper.