A real-world MCDA application: evaluating software

Paschetta, E.; Tsoukis, A.

doi:10.1002/1099-1360(200009)9:5<205::aid-mcda277>3.0.co;2-o

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“…One of the key issues in the future is to provide support for the whole process rather than some particular phase only (Pomerol and Brézillon, 1997;Paschetta and Tsoukiàs, 2000;Liu and Stewart, 2004), and major development is expected in this respect. The opportunities provided by the web are not yet fully utilized, either.…”

Section: Process Support In Multi-criteria Decision Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Practical Applications

2015

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

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Abstract:This thesis studies and develops application procedures of multi-attribute value tree methods and related decision support systems. The objective is to understand the needs of practice for the process support and, through this, to help create user-friendly multi-criteria decision support systems and appropriate ways to use them. The motivation behind this is that the usability of the methods is strongly dependent on the available tools and on their application process. The recent advances on the development of computers and the Internet have also created new opportunities to develop the systems. Consequently, the role of computer support has become very process-oriented instead of only implementing the mathematics of the methods. Specifically, the thesis (i) introduces two new web-based systems, Web-HIPRE and Smart-Swaps, with focus on process support and on adopting the new opportunities of computer support, (ii) reports experiences on the use of these systems in environmental applications to support group decision making processes, and (iii) describes new ways to apply two specific methods, even swaps and preference programming, for various tasks with an aim to improve the practical applicability of these methods.

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Section: Process Support In Multi-criteria Decision Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Practical Applications

2015

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

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“…I will try to analyse the artifacts such a process generates: -a representation of the problem situation; -a problem formulation; -an evaluation model; -a final recommendation. Such a suggestion is based on real world decision aiding experiences (see [189], [241] …”

Section: The Decision Aiding Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

From decision theory to decision aiding methodology

Tsoukiàs

2008

European Journal of Operational Research

162

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The paper presents the author's partial and personal historical reconstruction of how decision theory evolved to decision aiding methodology. The presentation shows mainly how "alternative" approaches to classic decision theory evolved. In the paper is claimed that all such decision "theories" share a common methodological feature which is the use of formal and abstract languages as well as of a model of rationality. Different decision aiding approaches can thus be defined, depending on the origin of the model of rationality used in the decision aiding process. The concept of decision aiding process is then introduced and analysed. The paper ultimate claim is that all such approaches can be seen as part of a decision aiding methodology.

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“…Recent real world applications (see for instance Bana e Costa et al 1999;Paschetta and Tsoukiàs 2000;Stamelos and Tsoukiàs 2003) do emphasise the importance of supporting the whole decision aiding process and not just the construction of the evaluation model.…”

Section: • Constructive Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the concept of decision aiding process: an operational perspective

Tsoukiàs

2007

Ann Oper Res

130

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The paper presents the concept of decision aiding process as an extension of the decision process. The aim of the paper is to analyse the type of activities occurring between a "client" and an "analyst" both engaged in a decision process. The decision aiding process is analysed both under a cognitive point of view and an operational point of view: i.e. considering the "products", or cognitive artifacts the process will deliver at the end. Finally the decision aiding process is considered as a reasoning process for which the update and revision problems hold.

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A real-world MCDA application: evaluating software

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

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From decision theory to decision aiding methodology

On the concept of decision aiding process: an operational perspective

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