Article ID: | iaor19972027 |
Country: | Portugal |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 181 |
End Page Number: | 199 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1996 |
Journal: | Investigao Operacional |
Authors: | Costa Joo P., Clmaco Joo N., Dias Luis M.C. |
Keywords: | computational analysis: parallel computers |
As parallel computers become more popular and affordable, they have begun to be used in an increasing diversity of application areas. This paper discusses the application of parallel processing to solve the computational problems that may appear in multicriteria decision aid, focusing on the situations where the set of alternatives is finite. The main results show that under some circumstances the response time of a decision support program can be usefully reduced.