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Introduction to multicriteria decision making and the evidential reasoning approach. A typical example of a decision making situation assisted by mcda methods. However, despite the profiency of multicriteria decision making mcdm, there is a paucity of literature demonstrating industrial applications by comparing different decision making methods. Each of the methods uses numeric techniques to help decision makers choose among a discrete set of alternative decisions. Analysis of the potentials of multi criteria decision analysis methods to conduct sustainability assessment. Multicriteria decision analysis, or mcda, is a valuable tool that we can apply to many complex decisions. Multicriteria analysis mca is a valuable and increasingly widelyused tool to aid decision making where there is a choice to be made between competing options. Methods and software this book presents an introduction to mcda followed by more detailed chapters about each of the leading methods used in. Comparison of methods and software is also featured to enable readers to choose the most appropriate method needed in their research.
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