{"title":"Designing alternatives in decision problems","authors":"Alberto Colorni, Alexis Tsoukiàs","doi":"10.1002/mcda.1709","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Generating alternatives for decision problems is a critical activity regularly underestimated and underdeveloped in the decision analysis literature. We present a survey showing how little this topic has been studied in the last 50 years. We then introduce a general framework under which formalize the design of alternatives. Two examples help to understand our point of view: alternatives are generated through separation of attributes describing the value space of the client/decision maker.</p>","PeriodicalId":45876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis","volume":"27 3-4","pages":"150-158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/mcda.1709","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mcda.1709","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Generating alternatives for decision problems is a critical activity regularly underestimated and underdeveloped in the decision analysis literature. We present a survey showing how little this topic has been studied in the last 50 years. We then introduce a general framework under which formalize the design of alternatives. Two examples help to understand our point of view: alternatives are generated through separation of attributes describing the value space of the client/decision maker.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis was launched in 1992, and from the outset has aimed to be the repository of choice for papers covering all aspects of MCDA/MCDM. The journal provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of all aspects of research, application and evaluation of multi-criteria decision analysis, and publishes material from a variety of disciplines and all schools of thought. Papers addressing mathematical, theoretical, and behavioural aspects are welcome, as are case studies, applications and evaluation of techniques and methodologies.