Extreme point-based multi-attribute decision analysis with incomplete information

Byeong Seok Ahn

European Journal of Operational Research, 2015, vol. 240, issue 3, 748-755

Abstract: In this paper, we present a simple method for finding the extreme points of various types of incomplete attribute weights. Incomplete information about attribute weights is transformed by a sequence of change of variables to a set whose extreme points are readily found. This enhanced method fails to derive the extreme points of every type of incomplete attribute weights. Nevertheless, it provides us with a flexible method for finding the extreme points, including widely-used forms of incomplete attribute weights. Finally, incomplete attribute values, expressed in various forms, are also analyzed to find their characterizing extreme points by applying similar procedures carried out in the incomplete attribute weights.

Keywords: Multiple attribute decision-making; Incomplete attribute weights; Incomplete attribute values; Extreme points; Change of variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.07.037

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