Quantitative decision models such as multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) can be used in benefit-risk assessment to formalize trade-offs between benefits and risks, providing transparency to the assessment process. There is however no well-established method for propagating uncertainty of treatment effects data through such models to provide a sense of the variability of the benefit-risk ...

In a military context, the process of planning operations involves the assessment of the situation, the generation of Courses of Action (COAs), and their evaluation according to significant points of view, in order to select the course of action that represents the best possible compromise. Since several conflicting and quite incommensurable criteria need to be considered and balanced to make w...

Decision making problems, according to their nature, the policy of the decision maker, and the overall objective of the decision, may require the choice of an alternative solution, the ranking of the alternatives from the best to the worst ones or the assignment of the considered alternatives into predefined homogeneous classes. This last type of decision problem is referred to as classificatio...

A combination of geographic information system (GIS) and spatial multicriteria decision making (MCDA) in mine water inrush risk evaluation is widely used, but the randomness process index weight determination risk-coping attitude makers are not considered process. Therefore, this paper proposes a probability-based roof method (GIS-MCDA) by combining Monte Carlo analytic hierarchy (MAHP) ordered...

Abstract Paper aims This study to develop indicators, using the Multi-Criteria Decision Aid - Constructivist methodology (MCDA-C), assess occupational prevention activities in a psychiatric hospital. Originality The application health sector of MCDA-C, case during supply medicines patients. Research method We use ProKnow-C. Then, MCDA-C was applied study. Main findings Four interest areas were ...

Abstract Multiple criteria decision aiding (MCDA) is a family of analytic approaches to depicting the rationale human decisions. To better interpret contributions individual attributes maker, conventional MCDA assume that are monotonic and preference independence. However, capacity in describing maker’s preferences sacrificed as result model simplification. meet demand for more accurate interpr...

There are different MCDA methods available. Their numerous nature makes a problem of selection of the best one a very difficult task. There are several approaches which allow to overcome such difficulty. For example, a parallel application of different methods can help a lot to deliver more trustful results of decision analysis. The presented approach applies 4 methods in parallel. All utilised...

Public sector procurement should be a transparent and fair process. Strict legal requirements are enforced on public sector procurement to make it a standardised process. To make fair decisions on selecting suppliers, a practical method which adheres to legal requirements is important. The research that is the base for this paper aimed at identifying a suitable Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis ...

As healthcare resources become increasingly scarce due to growing demand and stagnating budgets, the need for effective priority setting and resource allocation will become ever more critical to providing sustainable care to patients. While societal values should certainly play a part in guiding these processes, the methodology used to capture these values need not necessarily be limited to mul...