DIS‐CARD: a new method of multiple criteria sorting to classes with desired cardinality

DIS‐CARD: a new method of multiple criteria sorting to classes with desired cardinality

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Article ID: iaor20134161
Volume: 56
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 1143
End Page Number: 1166
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Journal: Journal of Global Optimization
Authors: ,
Keywords: sorting, mixed integer programming
Abstract:

In this paper, we present a new preference disaggregation method for multiple criteria sorting problems, called DIS‐CARD. Real‐life experience indicates the need of considering decision making situations in which a decision maker (DM) specifies a desired number of alternatives to be assigned to single classes or to unions of some classes. These situations require special methods for multiple criteria sorting subject to desired cardinalities of classes. DIS‐CARD deals with such a problem, using the ordinal regression approach to construct a model of DM’s preferences from preference information provided in terms of exemplary assignments of some reference alternatives, together with the above desired cardinalities. We develop a mathematical model for incorporating such preference information via mixed integer linear programming (MILP). Then, we adapt the MILP model to two types of preference models: an additive value function and an outranking relation. Illustrative example is solved to illustrate the methodology.

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