Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis studies how to compare alternatives when no single measure captures what matters, such as cost, quality, fairness, or risk. Common approaches include Analytic Hierarchy Process pairwise comparisons for setting criterion weights, TOPSIS and related methods for ranking, and fuzzy or stochastic methods for representing uncertain judgments. Pareto optimization and interactive preference learning help explore trade-offs, with applications ranging from site selection and policy choices to evaluating AI models. A central challenge is producing rankings that are robust and interpretable without hiding value judgments in the choice of criteria, weights, or aggregation method.

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From Outranking Flow Scores to Linear Programs: Group Decision Making in PROMETHEE II
Oct 25, 2026Alexandre Flachs, Yves De SmetMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis
Université libre de Bruxelles, Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Computer and Decision Engineering department - SMG research unit
Towards an Intelligent Decision Engine for Smart Contract Deployment
Oct 16, 2026Oana-Otilia Captarencu, Emanuel Onica, Andrei ArusoaieMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis
Faculty of Computer Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania
On the possibilities and limitations of LLM-based multi-agent systems for multi-criteria decision-making in healthcare operations management
Oct 16, 2026Marco Boresta, Tommaso Giovannelli, Sepehr Namirad +1Preference Modeling Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica (IASI), CNR, Rome, Italy · Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH · Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering (DIAG), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
The Optimal Ranking Tradeoffs Between Two Ranking Scores in Two-Class Classification
Oct 16, 2026Sébastien Piérard, Adrien Deliège, Marc Van DroogenbroeckClassification Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Montefiore Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
ParetoChat: An LLM-Based Interface for Interactive Multi-Objective Optimization
Oct 16, 2026Gokhan CeyhanMulti-Objective Optimization Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Just Eat Takeaway.com
Not All Criteria Matter: Importance-Aware Criteria Weighting for Rubric-Based LLM Evaluation
Oct 14, 2026Haocheng Yang, Licheng Pan, Yiming Dong +7Language Model Generation Evaluation Rubric-Based Evaluation
National University of Singapore · Zhejiang University · Alibaba Group +6
Overcoming Challenges of Interpretive Structural Modeling with Large Language Models
Sep 30, 2026Everett Rush, David J. Icove, Ari Kim +2Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Causal Discovery
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN · Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Integrating the Analytic Hierarchy Process with Large Language Models for Transparent Multi-Criteria Decision-Making
Sep 15, 2026Han Zhiguang, Farah Benamara, Pascale ZaratéLLM Decision-Making Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
IRIT-MELODI, UT3, IPAL · IRIT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France · IPAL-CNRS-NUS-A*STAR, Singapore +2
CPR-IE:A Compression-Prediction-Resource Intelligence Efficiency Metric
Sep 4, 2026Xiantao JiangMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis
College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai 201306, China
Anchored Regularized Direct Least Squares (ARDLS): Integrating Established Prioritization Operators for Priority Elicitation in the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Aug 21, 2026Kevin Kam Fung YuenMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis
School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Sunway, Malaysia
Beyond Effectiveness: A Multi-Criteria Framework for Comparing Practical Socio-Technical Interventions
Aug 21, 2026Catherine King, Lynnette Hui Xian Ng, Kathleen M. CarleyMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA
Stability of Ranking-dependent Pair-wise Comparison Patterns in the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Aug 6, 2026Vitaliy Tsyganok, Sergii Kadenko, Oleh AndriichukPairwise Comparison Pairwise Preference Evaluation
Institute for Information Recording National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine 03113
Dynamic Multi-Criteria Bottleneck Severity Index (DMBSI) for Semiconductor Wafer Manufacturing: A Genetically Optimised Framework for Reentrant Production Systems
Jul 17, 2026Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Karl McCreadie, Saugat Bhattacharyya +5Manufacturing Semiconductor Manufacturing
Intelligent Systems Research Centre, Ulster University, Londonderry BT48 7JL, U.K. · Seagate Technology, Londonderry BT48 0BF, Northern Ireland, U.K. · Seagate Technology, One Disc Drive, Shakopee, MN 55379, USA
Geometric mean-based pairwise comparison method with the reference values -- statistical approach
Jul 10, 2026Konrad Kułakowski, Jacek SzybowskiPairwise Comparison Pairwise Preference Evaluation
AGH University of Krakow, WEAiIB, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Poland · AGH University of Krakow, WMS, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Poland
POO-LPSP: Parallel Osprey Optimized Least Penalty-Squared Prioritization Methods for Priority Derivation in the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Jul 8, 2026Kevin Kam Fung YuenMetaheuristic Optimization Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Sunway, Malaysia
Internal Pluralism and the Limits of Pairwise Comparisons
Jul 2, 2026Bailey Flanigan, Michelle SiPairwise Preference Learning Pairwise Comparison
MIT, USA · Harvard, USA
Evolving Spatial Weights for Cartographic Synthesis
Jun 20, 2026Gesiel R. Lopes, Roberto F. da Silva, Mellina Yamamura +4Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization Spatial Generalization
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil · Biosystems Engineering Department, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil · Department of Nursing, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil +2
A fairness-aware extension of Stochastic Multicriteria Acceptability Analysis for ranking
Jun 16, 2026Guilherme Dean Pelegrina, Renata PelissariMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis Group Fairness
Engineering School, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, 930 Consolação St, São Paulo, 01302-907, São Paulo, Brazil
A Minimal Model of Bounded Trade-Off Screening in Multi-Attribute Choice
Jun 11, 2026Manisha Dubey, Anirban Sarkar, Subramanian RamamoorthyComputational Cognitive Modeling Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
When Metrics Disagree: A Meta-Analysis of Knowledge-Graph-Completion Model Benchmarking
Jun 9, 2026Haji Gul, Ajaz Ahmad BhatMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis KG Completion
School of Digital Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
TOPSIS-RAD: Ranking According to Desires
Jun 5, 2026Leonardo Fernandes Costa, Helder Gomes Costa, Diogo Lima +1Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Universidade Federal Fluminense Rua Passos da Pátria, 156 Niterói, RJ, Brazil, CEP 24.220-045 · Leonardo Sistemas Consultoria LTDA Av. Albert0 Lamego, 405 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28016-811, Brazil · Rua Passos da Pátria, 156 Niterói, RJ, Brazil, CEP 24.220-045
Data-driven sparse identification of governing PDEs via knockoff filters and multi-criteria trade-offs
May 26, 2026Pongpisit Thanasutives, Naichang Ke, Yoshinobu KawaharaFDR Control PDE Discovery
1RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) · 2The University of Osaka
An Interpretable CF-RL-TOPSIS Fusion Model for Skills-Aware Talent Recommendation
May 22, 2026Özkan CanaySequential Recommendation Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
aSakarya University, Department of Information Systems and Technologies, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Sakarya, Türkiye
An Analytical Multiple Criteria Framework for Temporal and Dynamic Business-to-Business Customer Segmentation in Manufacturing
May 16, 2026Muhammad Raees, Konstantinos Papangelis, Vassilis Javed KhanClustering Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY USA · Independent Researcher
Unweighted ranking for value-based decision making with uncertainty
May 13, 2026Aarón López García, Natalia Criado, Jose SuchMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis Human-AI Decision Making
Departament de Matemátiques per a l’Economia i l’Empresa, Facultat d’Economia, Universitat de Valéncia · Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Universitat Politècnica de València
Sufficient conditions for a Heuristic Rating Estimation Method application
May 9, 2026Jacek Szybowski, Konrad Kułakowski, Jiri MazurekPairwise Comparison Pairwise Preference Evaluation
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Krakow, Poland · AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, Krakow, Poland · Silesian University in Opava, Department of Informatics and Mathematics, School of Business Administration in Karvina, Czech Republic
Task-Level AI Readiness Assessment for Business Process Management:The T-IPO Model and LARA Matrix in Financial-Services IT Operations
Apr 16, 2026Mingjun Li, Xiaojun YeLLM Agent Evaluation Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Noisy Nonreciprocal Pairwise Comparisons: Scale Variation, Noise Calibration, and Admissible Ranking Regions
Apr 6, 2026Jean-Pierre MagnotPairwise Comparison Decision-Making under Uncertainty
SFR MATHSTIC, LAREMA, Université d’Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers cedex 1, France · Lycée Jeanne d’Arc, 40 avenue de Grande Bretagne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France · Lepage Research Institute, 17 novembra 1, 081 16 Presov, Slovakia
Learning-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sawmill Location Problems
Apr 5, 2026Mahid Ahmed, Ali Dogru, Chaoyang Zhang +1Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
School of Computing Science & Computer Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi · School of Management, University of Southern Mississippi · School of Marketing, University of Southern Mississippi
Structured Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Large Language Models with Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and DualJudge
Apr 4, 2026Yulong He, Ivan Smirnov, Dmitry Fedrushkov +2LLM Evaluation LLM-as-a-Judge
St. Petersburg State University, University emb., 7/9, St. Petersburg, Russia · ITMO University, Kronverkskiy av., 49, St. Petersburg, Russia

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From Outranking Flow Scores to Linear Programs: Group Decision Making in PROMETHEE II

Alexandre Flachs, Yves De Smet

Université libre de Bruxelles, Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Computer and Decision Engineering department - SMG research unit

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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We study inverse and consensus analysis for PROMETHEE II ranking problems when the performance table is fixed. Existing approaches in PROMETHEE-based sensitivity and consensus analysis usually focus on deviations of criteria weights while treating preference functions as fixed. Nevertheless both sets of parameters jointly determine the outranking flow scores. We introduce a linear reparametrization of the PROMETHEE II net flow scores based on weighted preference increments over the observed differences of performances. This representation yields a linear expression of the net flows and clarifies how weights and preference functions interact. Building on this result, we derive linear optimization models for three settings: minimizing weight deviations while allowing preference functions to vary; minimizing deviations over the full set of preference parameters; and multiple decision-maker consensus analysis (with objectives based either on total deviation or on the maximal individual deviation to promote fairness). An illustrative example shows that allowing preference functions to vary can dramatically change the inverse-analysis conclusions obtained from weight-only models, and that the proposed group formulations distinguish efficient consensuses from fairer ones.