Title of article :
Analysis ofheuristicvalidity,efficiencyandapplicabilityoftheprofiledistance
method forimplementationindecisionsupportsystems
Author/Authors :
Edward Bernroider ، نويسنده , , NikolausObwegeser، نويسنده , , VolkerStix ، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Abstract :
Thisarticleseekstoenhanceacceptanceoftheprofiledistancemethod(PDM)indecisionsupportsystems.
ThePDMisamultipleattributive-baseddecisionmakingaswellasamultiplemethodapproachtosupport
complexdecisionmakingandusesaheuristictoavoidcomputationallycomplexglobaloptimization.We
elaborateontheusabilityofthemethodandquestiontheheuristicused.Wepresentabi-sectionalgorithm,
whichefficientlysupportsthediscoveryoftransitionprofilesneededinauser-friendlyandpractical
applicationofthemethod.Additionally,weprovideempiricalevidenceshowingthattheproposedheuristic
is efficientanddeliversresultswithin5%oftheglobaloptimizerforawiderangeofdatasets.
Keywords :
Profile distance method , Multi-criteria decision making , Decision Support Systems , Heuristics , Usability
Journal title :
Computers and Operations Research
Journal title :
Computers and Operations Research
