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SMAA-TRI: A parameter stability analysis method for ELECTRE TRI (2007)

Tervonen, T., Almeida-Dias, J., Figueira, J., Lahdelma, R., & Salminen, P. (2007). SMAA-TRI: A parameter stability analysis method for ELECTRE TRI. In I. Linkov, G. A. Kiker, & R. J. Wenning (Eds.), Environmental security in harbors and coastal areas : management using comparative risk assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis (pp. 217-232). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5802-8_15

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All authors or editors: Tervonen, Tommi; Almeida-Dias, Juscelino; Figueira, Jose; Lahdelma, Risto; Salminen, Pekka

Parent publication: Environmental security in harbors and coastal areas : management using comparative risk assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis

Parent publication editors:  Linkov, Igor; Kiker, Gregory A.; Wenning, Richard J.

eISBN: 978-1-4020-5802-8

Publication year: 2007

Pages range: 217-232

Number of pages in the book: 492

Publisher: Springer

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5802-8_15

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Abstract

ELECTRE TRI is a multiple criteria decision aiding sorting method with a history of successful real-life applications. ELECTRE TRI requires as input several parameters, such as criteria weights, thresholds, category profiles, and lambda cutting level. We propose the SMAA-TRI method for analyzing the stability of ELECTRE TRI analysis and for deriving robust conclusions. SMAA-TRI is based on Stochastic Multicriteria Acceptability Analysis (SMAA), and it allows ELECTRE TRI to be used with imprecise, arbitrarily distributed values for weights and the lambda cutting level. The method computes for each alternative action the share of parameter values that have it assigned to different categories. We list some potential military applications. To demonstrate SMAA-TRI, we re-analyze a case study in the field of risk assessment and management.

Keywords: decision making; risk assessment; stochastic multiobjective acceptability analysis; environmental economics (economic sciences)

Free keywords: Operational Research; Feasible Parameter; Multiple Criterion Decision Analysis; Multicriteria Decision Analysis; Land Mine Detection

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