Multi-criteria Decision Analysis: Methods and Software

This book presents an introduction to MCDA followed by more detailed chapters about each of the leading methods used in this field. Comparison of methods and software is also featured to enable readers to choose the most appropriate method needed in their research.

Worked examples as well as the software featured in the book are available on an accompanying website.

Table of Contents

1 General introduction 1

Part I FULL AGGREGATION APPROACH 11
2 Analytic hierarchy process 13
3 Analytic network process 59
4 Multi-attribute utility theory 81
5 MACBETH 114

Part II OUTRANKING APPROACH 135
6 PROMETHEE 137
7 ELECTRE 180

Part III GOAL, ASPIRATION OR REFERENCE-LEVEL APPROACH 213
8 TOPSIS 215
9 Goal programming 222
10 Data Envelopment Analysis 235

Part IV INTEGRATED SYSTEMS 275
11 Multi-method platforms 277