Verbal decision analysis for unstructured problems /
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| Author / Creator: | Larichev, Oleg Ivanovich. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1997. |
| Description: | xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Theory and decision library. Series C, Game theory, mathematical programming, and operations research v. 17 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2968817 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Individual Decision Making: Approaches and Methods. Participant of the process of decision making. Economico-mathematical approach to problems of choice. Mathematical modeling in problems of choice. System approach to problems of choice. Computer approach to the problems of choice. Psychological approach to the problems of choice. Mutual influence
- 2. A New Approach to Unstructured Problems of Decision Making. Unstructured problems with qualitative variables. Features of unstructured problems. The role of decision making methods. Requirements on the methods of decision making. Measurement. Valid information elicitation for constructing a decision rule. Valid transformation of verbal information. Closed procedures. Learning procedures. Explanations. The new approach and construction of decision methods
- 3. The Method Zapros-LM for Partial Rank-Ordering of Multiattribute Alternatives. Main ideas of the method ZAPROS-LM. Problem formulation. An approach to the problem solution. Elicitation of information on DM's preferences. Elimination of intransitivity in DM's responses. Implementation of information on the DM's preferences. Implementation of obtained information for comparison of real alternatives. Task modification in case of criteria dependency. Illustration of the method ZAPROS-LM using a simple example. The evaluation of the procedure's complexity for the decision maker. The interactive system ZAPROS. An Application of the method ZAPROS for R&D evaluation
- 4. The Method Pacom for the Selection of the Best Alternative. Main ideas of the method PACOM (PAired COMpensation). Task formulation. The general approach to the task solution. Procedure for comparison of two alternatives. Aggregation of information about comparison of pairs of alternatives. The interactive system PACOM. Implementation of the method PACOM for the analysis of the gas pipeline route selection problem
- 5. The Method Orclass for Ordinal Classification of Multiattribute Alternatives. Main ideas of the method ORCLASS (ORdinal CLASSification). The multicriteria classification problem in decision making. The task formulation. An approach to the rational procedure for construction of the complete ordinal classification. Detection and elimination of inconsistencies in the decision maker's responses. Class boundaries and their implementation. Behavioral aspects of the ordinal classification task. Interactive system ORCLASS and its implementation. Implementation of the system ORCLASS for evaluation of R&D projects in a medical research institution.
