The Conflict Analysis Method: Bridging the gap between ELECTRE, PROMETHEE and ORESTE

In this article a multicriteria method, called the Conflict Analysis Model, is developed combining the preference function approach of ELECTRE and PROMETHEE with the conflict analysis test of ORESTE. The result is a comprehensive framework for multicriteria decision making that can be applied to all kind of problems no matter whether the data are ordinal or cardinal. After a description of the methodology, the method is applied to an investment choice problem in agriculture.