Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation: Difference between revisions

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The '''Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations''' and its descriptive complement '''geometrical analysis for interactive aid''' are better known as the '''Promethee and Gaia'''<ref name="Figueria">{{Cite book|title=Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: State of the Art Surveys|author1=J. Figueira |author2=S. Greco |author3=M. Ehrgott |lastname-authorlist-ampstyle=yesamp |year=2005|publisher=Springer Verlag }}</ref> methods.

Based on mathematics and sociology, the Promethee and Gaia method was developed at the beginning of the 1980s and has been extensively studied and refined since then.

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The descriptive approach, named Gaia,<ref name="Gaia">{{Cite news|title=Geometrical representations for MCDA. the GAIA module|author1=B. Mareschal |author2=J.P. Brans |year=1988|publisher=European Journal of Operational Research}}</ref> allows the decision maker to visualize the main features of a decision problem: he/she is able to easily identify conflicts or synergies between criteria, to identify clusters of actions and to highlight remarkable performances.

The prescriptive approach, named Promethee,<ref name="Promethee">{{Cite news|title=A preference ranking organisation method: The PROMETHEE method for MCDM|author1=J.P. Brans |author2=P. Vincke |lastauthorampname-list-style=yesamp |publisher=Management Science|year=1985}}</ref> provides the decision maker with both complete and partial rankings of the actions.

Promethee has successfully been used in many decision making contexts worldwide. A non-exhaustive list of scientific publications about extensions, applications and discussions related to the Promethee methods<ref name="applications">{{Cite news|author1=M. Behzadian |author2=R.B. Kazemzadeh |author3=A. Albadvi |author4=M. Aghdasi |title=PROMETHEE: A comprehensive literature review on methodologies and applications|year=2010|publisher=European Journal of Operational Research}}</ref> was published in 2010.