Selecting an agricultural technology package based on the flexible and interactive tradeoff method

Pavel Anselmo Alvarez Carrillo, Lucia Reis Peixoto Roselli, Eduarda Asfora Frej () and Adiel Teixeira Almeida
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Pavel Anselmo Alvarez Carrillo: Universidad de Occidente
Lucia Reis Peixoto Roselli: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Eduarda Asfora Frej: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Adiel Teixeira Almeida: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Annals of Operations Research, 2022, vol. 314, issue 2, No 4, 377-392

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this paper is to solve an agricultural technology packages selection problem by considering multiple dimensions which influence a maize producer’s preferences. The decision-making process is aided by a new multicriteria method for eliciting scale constants in additive models: flexible and interactive tradeoff (FITradeoff). This method works with partial information, obtained from the decision maker (DM), and thus reduces the time that the DM has to spend on the process for eliciting his/her preferences as he/she may avoid answering difficult questions. The decision-making process makes use of a decision support system (DSS), in which the DM interactively gives preference statements in a structured manner. The DSS gives flexibility to the DM, in such way that he/she gives as much information as he/she is willing to. Graphical visualization is provided at each step in order to help the DM’s analyses. Throughout the description of an application, some insights are provided including a discussion of the advantages and features of the FITradeoff method.

Keywords: Multicriteria decision making; Additive model; Flexible and interactive tradeoff; Partial information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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