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Chapter and Conference Paper
Upper Performance Limits and Distribution Invariance for Surrogate Weights in MCDA
This paper proposes a simple approach to determining the upper performance limit (approximate the maximum hit ratio) for surrogate weight models in additive models of multi-criteria decision analysis. The appr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatically Generated Weight Methods for Human and Machine Decision-Making
In real-life decision analysis, whether in human-deliberated situations or non-human (real-time semi-intelligent machine/agent) situations, there are well-documented problems regarding the elicitation of proba...
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Article
Open AccessA Multi-Criteria Approach to Decision Making in Broadband Technology Selection
A new European Union regulatory framework for the telecom sector has been under a process of transposition to national laws by its member states that should have been completed by the end of 2020, notwithstand...
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Comparing Cardinal and Ordinal Ranking in MCDM Methods
There are several MCDM methods attempting to elicit criteria weights, ranging from direct rating and point allocation methods to more elaborated ones. To facilitate the weight elicitation, some of the approach...
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Evaluating Multi-criteria Decisions Under Conditions of Strong Uncertainty
Decisions under risk and multi-criteria decisions are unfortunately usually studied independently, despite the fact that in actual decision-making problems often contain several criteria, as well as uncertain ...
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A Participatory MCDA Approach to Energy Transition Policy Formation
Energy transition towards a more significant share of domestically generated resources will inevitably lead to a societal transformation, which will affect the interests of existing and emerging electricity ge...
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Article
Open AccessA value-driven approach to addressing misinformation in social media
Misinformation in social media is an actual and contested policy problem given its outreach and the variety of stakeholders involved. In particular, increased social media use makes the spread of misinformatio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mitigating Cognitive and Behavioural Biases During Pandemics Responses
Many countries seemed to a large extent to have been unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic and national governments often acted uncoordinated resulting in many inconsistencies in the mitigation processes. The a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Worth of Cardinal Information in MCDM – a Guide to Selecting Weight-Generating Functions
There exist a variety of methods for extracting weights and values in multi-criteria decisions based on different rankings. However, it is difficult to determine which the useful ones are and how they correspo...
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A Multi-Criteria Approach to Analysing E-Democracy Support Systems
New information and communication technologies (ICT) have made the public sphere more diverse and fragmented, and consequently it demands a new kind of literacy to navigate. However, the inter-contextual under...
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Chapter 10 The Adequacy of Artificial Intelligence Tools to Combat Misinformation
We discuss a computationally meaningful process for evaluating misinformation detection tools in the context of immigration in Austria, admitting for the wide variety of qualitative and quantitative data invol...
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Article
Open AccessPortfolio Decision Analysis for Evaluating Stakeholder Conflicts in Land Use Planning
Urban planning typically involves multiple actors and stakeholders with conflicting opinions and diverging preferences. The proposed development plans and actions greatly affect the quality of life of the loca...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Criteria Weight Generation for Multi-criteria Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Real-life decision situations almost invariably involve large uncertainties. In particular, there are several difficulties connected with the elicitation of probabilities, utilities, and criteria weights. In t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Correction to: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Energy Transition Policy Formation in Jordan
The original version of this chapter contained an error in the third author’s name. The spelling of Nadejda Komendantova’s name was incorrect in the header of the paper. The author’s name has been corrected.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Energy Transition Policy Formation in Jordan
We present the method used in an ongoing project in Jordan for a multi-stakeholder, multi-criteria problem of formulating a nationwide energy strategy for the country for the next decades. The Jordanian govern...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Efficient and Sustainable Risk Management in Large Project Portfolios
In an ever-increasing competitive business environment, it has become increasingly important to be able to obtain efficient and sustainable business operations not only by efficient core procedures but also by...
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Article
Open AccessA Robustness Study of State-of-the-Art Surrogate Weights for MCDM
A vast number of methods for solving multi-criteria decision problems have been suggested for assessing criteria weights requiring more exact input data than users normally are able to provide. In particular, ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Trade-Offs for Ordinal Ranking Methods in Multi-criteria Decisions
Weight elicitation methods in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) are often cognitively demanding, require too much precision and too much time and effort. Some of the issues may be remedied by connecting ...
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Article
The CAR Method for Using Preference Strength in Multi-criteria Decision Making
Multi-criteria decision aid (MCDA) methods have been around for quite some time. However, the elicitation of preference information in MCDA processes, and in particular the lack of practical means supporting i...
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A Decision Analytical Perspective on Public Procurement Processes
If procurement processes are to be taken seriously, purchase managers need decision support tools beyond those that only ascertain that the formal requirements are met. This chapter demonstrates some fundament...
