An approach to decision making that integrates multi-attribute decision techniques with expert systems is described. The approach is based on the explicit articulation of qualitative decision knowledge which is represented by a tree of attributes and decision rules. The decision making process is supported by a specialized expert system shell for interactive construction of the knowledge base, ...

In this paper, we develop an interactive method for multiple attribute group decision making under fuzzy environment. The method can be used in situations where the information about attribute weights is partly known, the weights of decision makers are expressed in exact numerical values or triangular fuzzy numbers, and the attribute values are triangular fuzzy numbers. The method transforms fu...

This paper presents an interval-based multi-attribute decision making (MADM) approach in support of the decision process with imprecise information. The proposed decision methodology is based on the model of linear additive utility function but extends the problem formulation with the measure of composite utility variance. A sample study concerning with the evaluation of electric generation exp...

The fundamental problem underlying all multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) problems is that of dominance between any two alternatives: ‘Given two alternatives A and B, each described by a set criteria, is A preferred to B with respect to a set of decision maker (DM) preferences over the criteria?’. Depending on the application in which MCDA is performed, the alternatives may represent strat...

Decisions to invest in information systems (IS) are made by many organisations on a very regular basis. Such decisions can vary from quickly identifying the problem, screening options and choosing a solution in a very straightforward way, to very extensive and repeated search, screen, design and negotiation activities which can take many years. There has been little explicit research into the p...

decision support systems (dsss) are prevalent information systems for decision making in many competitive business environments. in a dss, decision making process is intimately related to some factors which determine the quality of information systems and their related products. traditional approaches to data analysis usually cannot be implemented in sophisticated companies, where managers need...

decision support systems (dsss) are prevalent information systems for decision making in many competitive business environments. in a dss, decision making process is intimately related to some factors which determine the quality of information systems and their related products. traditional approaches to data analysis usually cannot be implemented in sophisticated companies, where managers nee...

Attribute weighting is a task of paramount relevance in multi-attribute decision-making (MADM). Over the years, different approaches have been developed to face this problem. Despite effort community, there lack consensus on which method most suitable one for given problem instance. This paper second part two-part survey attribute methods MADM scenarios. The first introduced categorization five...

Selection of appropriate material is a crucial step in engineering design and manufacturing process. Without a systematic technique, many useful engineering materials may be ignored for selection. The category of multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) methods is an effective set of structured techniques. Having uncomplicated assumptions and mathematics, the MULTIMOORA method as an MADM appro...