Abstract
Pairwise comparison (PC) is a well-established method to assist decision makers (DMs) in estimating their preferences. This paper considers the rationale, design, and evaluation of an open-source priority estimation tool, PriEsT, which has been developed to offer new features related to the PC method. PriEsT is able to assist DMs in interactively identifying and revising their judgments based on different consistency measures and graphical aids. When inconsistency cannot be improved due to practical limitations, PriEsT offers a wide range of Pareto-optimal solutions based on multiobjective optimization, unlike other tools that offer only a single solution. DMs have the flexibility to select any of these nondominated solutions according to their requirements. The features of PriEsT have been demonstrated and evaluated through its application to a real-world case study: the selection of the most appropriate telecom infrastructure for rural areas. This case study using PriEsT has highlighted the presence of intransitive judgments in the acquired data, and the correction of these judgments has led to a different ranking of the available alternatives.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 217-235 |
Journal | International Transactions in Operational Research |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 18 Oct 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2015 |
Keywords
- decision support systems
- multiple criteria decision analysis
- software
- multiple objective programming
- analysis of algorithms