In the literature on MCDM, many methods have been proposed in order to sort alternatives evaluated on several attributes into ordered categories. Most of them were proposed on an ad hoc basis. Using tools from conjoint measurement, this paper takes a more theoretical approach to these sorting methods. We provide an axiomatic analysis of the partitions of alternatives into two categories that ca...

In this paper we describe the data for five real applications of multicriteria methods in the context of environmental problems. The applications are: (1) the choice of a solid waste management system for the Uusimaa region, Finland, (2) for the Jämsä region, Finland, (3) the Oulu region, Finland, (4) locating a waste treatment facility in the Savonlinna region, Finland, and (5) choosing among ...

The aim of this research is to propose an improved multidimensional quality life index, which could replace the current methodology designed by Eurostat and applied national statistical institutes European Union member states. novelty proposed index that it based on a non-compensatory multicriteria decision method (ELECTRE III). All other indices compensatory aggregation methods at some stage i...

This paper is devoted to the study of methods allowing to sort multi-attributed alternatives between several ordered categories. Within a general framework that encompasses most sorting models proposed in the literature, we provide an axiomatic analysis of what we call noncompensatory sorting models, with or without veto effects. These models contain the pessimistic version of ELECTRE TRI as a ...

This work proposes a Progressive Assisted Sorting Algorithm (PASA) based on a multicriteria evaluation ELECTRE-type method. The purpose of the PASA is to aid a decision maker to progressively sort a set of alternatives into a set of categories, which we considered are ordered (ordinal sorting), following a consistency principle. We consider the principle that if an alternative outranks (is as g...

Given a ®nite set of alternatives A, the sorting (or assignment) problem consists in the assignment of each alternative to one of the pre-de®ned categories. In this paper, we are interested in multiple criteria sorting problems and, more precisely, in the existing method ELECTRE TRI. This method requires the elicitation of preferential parameters (weights, thresholds, category limits,. . .) in ...