In this paper we introduce an approach for solving multiattribute decision-making problems in which there are several decision-makers who individually and independently elicit their preferences. The preferences of each decision-maker are imprecise and represented by an imprecise additive multiattribute utility function. We allow for incomplete information on the component utility functions and ...

Decision-theoretic elicitation of generalized additive utilities Darius Braziūnas Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of Computer Science University of Toronto 2012 In this thesis, we present a decision-theoretic framework for building decision support systems that incrementally elicit preferences of individual users over multiattribute outcomes and then provide recommendations based on th...

In this article, the problem of choosing from a set of design alternatives based upon multiple, conflicting, and uncertain criteria is investigated. The problem of selection over multiple attributes becomes harder when risky alternatives exist. The overlap measure method developed in this article models two sources of uncertainties – imprecise or risky attribute values provided to the decision ...

Radiation protection authorities have seen a potential for applying multiattribute risk analysis in nuclear emergency management and planning to deal with conflicting objectives, different parties involved, and uncertainties. This type of approach is expected to help in the following areas: to ensure that all relevant attributes are considered in decision making; to enhance communication betwee...

Everyday experience suggests that decision making is often accompanied by conflict. For example, both farreaching decisions—for instance, whether to have chemotherapy or surgery as a treatment for cancer—and trifling decisions, of whether to go to a concert or an opera, can generate conflict. A conflict is resolved by making a choice between alternatives. Kurt Lewin was among the first to bring...

Fault tree analysis is often used in elevator fault diagnosis because of its simplicity and reliability. However, the traditional method has problems low efficiency due to ignoring location change bottom events during troubleshooting. This paper proposes a rapid based on multiattribute decision making solve problem. The system constructed expert knowledge multisource data, location-related matr...

One of the critical activities for outsourcing success is outsourcing provider selection, which may be regarded as a type of fuzzy heterogeneous multiattribute decision making (MADM) problems with fuzzy truth degrees and incomplete weight information. The aim of this paper is to develop a new fuzzy linear programming method for solving such MADM problems. In this method, the decision maker’s pr...