Title :
Environmental decision making using dichotomous preferences
Author :
Hauge, Jaret W. ; Fraser, Niall M.
Author_Institution :
Insight Logistics, Mississauga, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a new approach to multiple criteria decision making which offers some desirable features for engineering design where factors that are not easily quantified must be taken into account. The procedure relies on an ordinal ranking of criteria, and dichotomous division of alternatives with respect to a criterion, to rank alternatives. It is based on approval voting procedures which have previously been applied only to social choice problems
Keywords :
decision theory; environmental factors; approval voting procedures; dichotomous division; dichotomous preferences; environmental decision making; multiple criteria decision making; ordinal ranking; Costs; Decision making; Design engineering; Environmental factors; Hazardous materials; Logistics; Manufacturing; Process design; Voting; Waste disposal;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2129-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1994.399947
