Title of article
Analysis ofheuristicvalidity,efficiencyandapplicabilityoftheprofiledistance method forimplementationindecisionsupportsystems
Author/Authors
Edward Bernroider ، نويسنده , , NikolausObwegeser، نويسنده , , VolkerStix ، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages
8
From page
816
To page
823
Abstract
Thisarticleseekstoenhanceacceptanceoftheprofiledistancemethod(PDM)indecisionsupportsystems.
ThePDMisamultipleattributive-baseddecisionmakingaswellasamultiplemethodapproachtosupport
complexdecisionmakingandusesaheuristictoavoidcomputationallycomplexglobaloptimization.We
elaborateontheusabilityofthemethodandquestiontheheuristicused.Wepresentabi-sectionalgorithm,
whichefficientlysupportsthediscoveryoftransitionprofilesneededinauser-friendlyandpractical
applicationofthemethod.Additionally,weprovideempiricalevidenceshowingthattheproposedheuristic
is efficientanddeliversresultswithin5%oftheglobaloptimizerforawiderangeofdatasets.
Keywords
Profile distance method , Multi-criteria decision making , Decision Support Systems , Heuristics , Usability
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Record number
927904
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