Open AccessPRIORITIZATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION PROJECTS: DECISION ANALYSIS USING THE PROMÉTHÉE V METHOD
Author(s) -
Luiz Flávio Autran Monteiro Gomes,
Luís Alberto Duncan Rangel,
Ricardo de Castro Resende
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista economia and gestão
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1984-6606
DOI - 10.5752/p.1984-6606.2015v15n41p311
Subject(s) - prom , computer science , ranking (information retrieval) , transparency (behavior) , operations research , telecommunications , selection (genetic algorithm) , prioritization , set (abstract data type) , class (philosophy) , engineering , process management , artificial intelligence , computer security , medicine , obstetrics , programming language
This article presents an application of the multicriteria method PROMÉTHÉE V to the problem of prioritizing telecommunication projects. The study was conducted inside of a major telecommunications company in Brazil. The adherence to a multicriteria approach allowed for taking into consideration technical as well as non technical evaluation criteria. Using PROMÉTHÉE V was particularly appropriate not only because the method performed an initial ranking of the set of projects, but also because it led to a constrained optimization of the obtained selection. It is then concluded that the application of PROMÉTHÉE V to the problem in question achieved its key purpose in the sense of organizing and solving a complex process of decision analysis. It also provided for interactivity during the analysis and useful simulations, giving transparency to the analysis and thus providing for a common base of understanding for all involved