TY - JOUR
T1 - Preference disaggregation method for value-based multi-decision sorting problems with a real-world application in nanotechnology
AU - Kadziński, Miłosz
AU - Martyn, Krzysztof
AU - Cinelli, Marco
AU - Słowiński, Roman
AU - Corrente, Salvatore
AU - Greco, Salvatore
N1 - Funding Information:
Miłosz Kadziński acknowledges support by the research funds (SBAD in 2021) of Poznan University of Technology, Poland . Krzysztof Martyn acknowledges support from the Polish National Science Center under the SONATA BIS project (grant no. DEC-2019/34/E/HS4/00045 ). Marco Cinelli acknowledges funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 743553 . Salvatore Corrente and Salvatore Greco acknowledge the support of the Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Universitá e della Ricerca (MIUR) – PRIN 2017, project “Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis and Multiple Criteria Decision Theory”, grant 2017CY2NCA , and of the research projects “Multicriteria analysis to support sustainable decisions” and “Analysis and measurement of the competitiveness of enterprises, and territorial sectors and systems: a multicriteria approach” of the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Catania, Italy .
Funding Information:
Mi?osz Kadzi?ski acknowledges support by the research funds (SBAD in 2021) of Poznan University of Technology, Poland. Krzysztof Martyn acknowledges support from the Polish National Science Center under the SONATA BIS project (grant no. DEC-2019/34/E/HS4/00045). Marco Cinelli acknowledges funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 743553. Salvatore Corrente and Salvatore Greco acknowledge the support of the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universit? e della Ricerca (MIUR) ? PRIN 2017, project ?Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis and Multiple Criteria Decision Theory?, grant 2017CY2NCA, and of the research projects ?Multicriteria analysis to support sustainable decisions? and ?Analysis and measurement of the competitiveness of enterprises, and territorial sectors and systems: a multicriteria approach? of the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Catania, Italy.
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Copyright:
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PY - 2021/4/22
Y1 - 2021/4/22
N2 - We consider a problem of multi-decision sorting subject to multiple criteria. In the newly formulated decision problem, besides performances on multiple criteria, alternatives get evaluations on multiple interrelated decision attributes involving preference-ordered classes. We propose a dedicated method for dealing with such a problem, incorporating a threshold-based value-driven sorting procedure. The Decision Maker (DM) is expected to holistically evaluate a subset of reference alternatives by indicating the quality or risk level on a pre-defined scale of each decision attribute. Based on these evaluations, we construct a set of interrelated preference models, one for each decision attribute, compatible with intra- and inter-decision constraints imposed by such indirect preference information. We also formulate a new way of dealing with potentially non-monotonic criteria by discovering local monotonicity changes in different performance scale regions. The marginal value functions for criteria with unknown monotonicity are represented as a sum of two value functions assuming opposing preference directions, one non-decreasing and the other non-increasing. This permits to obtain an aggregated marginal value function with an arbitrary non-monotonic shape. The practical usefulness of the approach is demonstrated on a case study concerning risk management related to handling (i.e., production, use, manipulation, and processing) nanomaterials in different conditions. We analyze the expert judgments and discuss the inferred preference models, which can be applied to support health and safety managers in reducing the possible risk associated with the respective exposure scenario.
AB - We consider a problem of multi-decision sorting subject to multiple criteria. In the newly formulated decision problem, besides performances on multiple criteria, alternatives get evaluations on multiple interrelated decision attributes involving preference-ordered classes. We propose a dedicated method for dealing with such a problem, incorporating a threshold-based value-driven sorting procedure. The Decision Maker (DM) is expected to holistically evaluate a subset of reference alternatives by indicating the quality or risk level on a pre-defined scale of each decision attribute. Based on these evaluations, we construct a set of interrelated preference models, one for each decision attribute, compatible with intra- and inter-decision constraints imposed by such indirect preference information. We also formulate a new way of dealing with potentially non-monotonic criteria by discovering local monotonicity changes in different performance scale regions. The marginal value functions for criteria with unknown monotonicity are represented as a sum of two value functions assuming opposing preference directions, one non-decreasing and the other non-increasing. This permits to obtain an aggregated marginal value function with an arbitrary non-monotonic shape. The practical usefulness of the approach is demonstrated on a case study concerning risk management related to handling (i.e., production, use, manipulation, and processing) nanomaterials in different conditions. We analyze the expert judgments and discuss the inferred preference models, which can be applied to support health and safety managers in reducing the possible risk associated with the respective exposure scenario.
KW - Multiple criteria sorting
KW - Multiple decisions
KW - Nanomaterials
KW - Non-monotonic value functions
KW - Precaution level
KW - Preference disaggregation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101642478&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.knosys.2021.106879
DO - 10.1016/j.knosys.2021.106879
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101642478
SN - 0950-7051
VL - 218
SP - 1
EP - 22
JO - Knowledge-Based Systems
JF - Knowledge-Based Systems
M1 - 106879
ER -