Tentative guidelines to help choosing an appropriate MCDA method

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 501-521

  Guitouni, Adel ^a   Martel, Jean Marc ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Behavioural considerations; Comparative analysis; Decision making situation; Multicriteria analysis; Multicriterion aggregation procedure; Multicriterion decision aid method; Preferences modelling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERION AGGREGATION PROCEDURES (MCAP); MULTICRITERION DECISION AID METHODS; PREFERENCES MODELING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032167344     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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