Decision making — Page 24
Understand how multi-criteria methods combine evidence, criteria and preferences, and where their rankings can change.
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SWING
SWING (Swing Weighting — importance weights derived from worst-to-best swing utility gains) is a weight subjective multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by von Winterfeldt, D., Edwards, W. in 1986. It turns a decision matr...
SWOT-AHP Hybrid Analysis
SWOT-AHP, also called A'WOT, is a hybrid strategy method that quantifies an ordinary SWOT analysis by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to its factors. Kurttila, Pesonen, Kangas, and Kajanus introduced the technique in 2000, motivated...
Selectorate Theory Analysis
Selectorate theory, developed by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Randolph Siverson, and James Morrow in The Logic of Political Survival (2003), explains policy and foreign-policy behavior as a by-product of leaders' overriding goal...
Sorensen-Dice Coefficient
Sorensen-Dice coefficient, also called Dice coefficient or Czekanowski index, measures the similarity between two sets or samples based on presence and absence of attributes. Introduced independently by Thorvald Sorensen (1948) and Lee Dice...
Spatial Voting Model
The spatial voting model represents voters and political alternatives as points in a common geometric policy space and assumes that each voter supports the alternative nearest to their own ideal point. Rooted in Hotelling's location theory,...
Stratified Best Worst Method
Stratified BWM is an extension of the Best Worst Method that applies the BWM logic recursively across multiple hierarchical layers. Instead of weighting criteria at a single level, it identifies the best and worst criterion within each leve...
TAXONOMY
TAXONOMY (Taxonomy Method — Wrocław Taxonomic Development Measure) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Florek, K., Łukaszewicz, J., Perkal, J., Steinhaus, H., Zubrzycki, S. in 1951. It turns a decision ma...
TIFN-CODAS
TIFN-CODAS (Triangular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Number CODAS (Daami Remadi & Frikha 2023)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Atanassov, K. T. in 1986. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on mu...
TNORM-EINSTEIN
TNORM-EINSTEIN (Einstein T-norm — Einstein product and sum for IFN/PFN aggregation) is a t-norm multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Klement, E.P.; Mesiar, R.; Pap, E. / Xu, Z.; Yager, R.R. in 1963; 2007. It turns a de...
TNORM-FRANK
TNORM-FRANK (Frank T-norm — Frank family of associative t-norms and t-conorms) is a t-norm multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Frank, M.J. in 1979. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteri...
TNORM-HAMACHER
TNORM-HAMACHER (Hamacher T-norm — Rational parametric t-norm for fuzzy aggregation) is a t-norm multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Hamacher, H. in 1978. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple c...
TNORM-SCHWEIZER-SKLAR
TNORM-SCHWEIZER-SKLAR (Schweizer-Sklar T-norm — Power-based parametric t-norm family) is a t-norm multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Schweizer, B.; Sklar, A. in 1960. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored...
TODIM
TODIM (TOmada de Decisão Interativa e Multicritério (Interactive and Multicriteria Decision Making)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Gomes, L. F. A. M., Lima, M. M. P. P. in 1992. It turns a decision...
TOPSIS
TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Hwang, C. L., Yoon, K. in 1981. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple...
TOPSIS-SORT
TOPSIS-SORT (TOPSIS-Sort — TOPSIS-based sorting of alternatives into ordered categories) is a sorting multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Sabokbar, H. F., Hosseini, A., Banaitis, A., Banaitiene, N. in 2016. It turns a...
TVN-MULTIMOORA
TVN-MULTIMOORA (MULTIMOORA under Triangular-Valued Neutrosophic Number Environment) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Stanujkić, D. Zavadskas, E.K. Smarandache, F. Brauers, W.K.M. Karabašević, D. in 202...
Two-Level Game Analysis
Two-level game analysis is a framework introduced by Robert Putnam in 1988 for understanding how international negotiations are jointly shaped by bargaining between governments and the need to win domestic approval. A negotiator plays simul...
UTA
UTA (UTilités Additives (Additive Utility Assessment)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Jacquet-Lagrèze, E., Siskos, J. in 1982. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria i...
UTADIS
UTADIS (UTilités Additives DIScriminantes (Additive Utility Sorting)) is a sorting multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Devaud, J. M., Groussaud, G., Jacquet-Lagrèze, E. in 1980. It turns a decision matrix of alternati...
UTASTAR
UTASTAR (UTA* — Additive utility disaggregation from reference ranking (revised UTA)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Siskos, Y., Yannacopoulos, D. in 1985. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives...
VECTOR-NORMALIZATION
VECTOR-NORMALIZATION (Vector (L2) Normalization) is a normalization multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Hwang, C. L. Yoon, K. in 1981. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a stru...
VIKOR
VIKOR (VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (Multicriteria Optimisation and Compromise Solution)) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Opricovic, S. in 1998. It turns a decision matrix of a...
VIKOR-SMAA
VIKOR-SMAA (VIKOR with Stochastic Multicriteria Acceptability Analysis) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Tervonen, T. Figueira, J. R. Lahdelma, R. Dias, J. A. Salminen, P. in 2009. It turns a decision...
Veto Player Analysis
Veto player analysis is a spatial-institutional framework, developed by George Tsebelis in his 1995 article and 2002 book, for predicting the capacity of a political system to change policy. A veto player is any individual or collective act...