A note on the use of PROMETHEE multicriteria methods

The PROMETHEE methods are rather popular in the world of outranking methods. One of the reasons for this popularity is the existence of the very user-friendly software, called PROMCALC – PROMethee CALCulation. More and more practitioners are using PROMCALC to handle their multiple criteria problems. However, not all users are aware of the consequences of the model assumptions made in PROMETHEE methods. A short overview of some drawbacks of PROMETHEE methods that users must know and avoid are described in this paper.