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. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a recent trend of research aiming at giving these methods sound theoretical foundations. Using tools from conjoint measurement, we provide an axiomatic analys...

Abstract Nowadays, most shipping companies are aware of the importance analysing seafarers’ work performance. Thus, improving performance or finding out ways by which can be enhanced is becoming one decisive factors for success any company. Any organization aims to have employees who accomplish corporate goals and objectives using available resources efficiently effectively. Manpower putting mo...

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. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a recent trend of research aiming at giving these methods sound theoretical foundations. Using tools from conjoint measurement, we provide an axiomatic analys...

TheMultipleAttribute DecisionMaking (MADM) problem deals with candidate priority alternatives with respect to various attributes. MADM techniques are popularly used in diverse fields such as engineering, economics, management science, transportation planning, etc. Several approaches have been developed for assessing theweights of MADM problems, e.g., the eigenvector method, ELECTRE, TOPSIS, etc...

This paper presents Electre Tri-nC, a new sorting method which takes into account several reference actions for characterizing each category. This new method gives a particular freedom to the decision maker in the co-construction decision aiding process with the analyst to characterize the set of categories, while there is no constraint for introducing only one reference action as typical of ea...

Multiple Criteria Sorting Problem consists in assigning a set of alternatives A"Ma 1 , a 2 ,2, l evaluated on n criteria g 1 , g 2 ,2, n to one of the categories which are pre-de"ned by some norms corresponding to vectors of scores on particular criteria, called pro"les, either separating the categories or playing the role of central reference objects in the categories. The assignment of an alt...

Cropland suitability assessment is an essential technique for agricultural development and future planning. It evaluation to determine how suitable the land growing a specific crop in particular region based on multiple parameters like soil, climate, topography, socio-economic condition, infrastructure, irrigation, existing use/land cover environmental aspects. The paper presents different mult...

The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model was designed by Thomas L.Saaty (Saaty, 1980) in 1970s as a decision making aid. It is especially suitable for complex decisions which involve the comparison of decision elements which are difficult to quantify. It is based on the assumption that when faced with a complex decision the natural human reaction is to cluster the decision elements according ...