Choosing The “Best” Multiple Criterlv Decision-Making Method

Abstract

This paper is concerned with formalizing knowledge about discrete alternative multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and the usage of these methods. The paper describes a formal procedure to assist the decision maker or analyst in systematically selecting the most appropriate method in a particular application. By integrating this procedure with a signiificant amount of MCDM knowledge and the powerful reasoning and explanation capabilities of a microcomputer based advisory expert system, a decision-aiding tool providing new input into the decision-making process is developed.

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Le document propose de formuler sous forme concrète, les connaissances concernant les méthodes d’aide à la décision par choix discrets à critères multiples. Le document décrit les procédures formelles utilisées afin d’assister le décideur ou l’analyste dans son choix systematique de la méthode la plus appropriée dans une application particulière. En integrant cette procédure avec une quantité significantif de connaissance concernant méthodes multicritères et la puissance de raisonement ainsi que les eapaeités explicatives d’un “expert system” implanté sur microordinateur, un outil d’aide à la décision est développé fournissant de marvelles données entrant dans le processus de décision.

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Vladimir M. Ozernoy

Vlladimir M. Ozernoy is Professor of Management Sciences at the School of Business and Economics, California State University at Hayward. He received an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Moscow Power Institute and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Cybernetics and Operations Research from the Institute of Control Sciences, Moscow, USSR. He has held previos positions at the Institute of Control Sciences and Institute of System Studies, Moscow, Woodward-Clyde Consultants and Betchel Power Corporation, San Francisco. He has published extensively on MCDM, decision analysis, reliability theory and control systems. His current research interests include MCDM, expert systems and intelligent decision support. He is a member of ORSA TIMS and the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making.