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Sensitivity analysis with interdependent criteria for multicriteria decision making: The case of soil pollution treatment
Author(s) -
Van Herwijnen Marjan,
Rietveld Piet,
Thevenet Kelly,
Tol Richard
Publication year - 1995
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/mcda.4020040105
Subject(s) - sensitivity (control systems) , context (archaeology) , interdependence , monte carlo method , econometrics , pollution , computer science , environmental science , management science , mathematics , statistics , economics , engineering , sociology , geology , paleontology , ecology , electronic engineering , biology , social science
This paper is focused on interdependences between criteria in multicriteria decision analyses. Such interdependences are usually ignored in sensitivity analyses. After a discussion on the nature of interdependences, methods are presented to deal with interdependences in the context of Monte Carlo experiments. These methods are applied in the context of soil pollution treatment alternatives. It is shown that ignoring interdependences may have a distorting effect on the results of sensitivity analysis on rankings of alternatives.