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Qualitative AHP Method Based on Multiple Criteria Levels Under Group of Experts

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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2017)

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In this paper, we consider a multi-criteria group decision making problem. We propose a novel version of the Analytic Hierarchy Process under the belief function theory. The presented approach uses groups of experts to express their assessments regarding the evaluation criteria and the evaluation alternatives. It considers also more complex multi-criteria decision problems that have multiple criteria levels. The presented method is illustrated with some examples.

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  1. Université de Tunis, Institut Supérieur de Gestion, LARODEC, Tunis, Tunisia

    Amel Ennaceur & Zied Elouedi

  2. Université de Jendouba, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba, Jendouba, Tunisie

    Amel Ennaceur

  3. Univ. Artois, EA 3926, LGI2A, 62400, Béthune, France

    Eric Lefevre

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  1. University of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

    Djamal Benslimane

  2. University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Ernesto Damiani

  3. University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

    William I. Grosky

  4. Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

    Abdelkader Hameurlain

  5. Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

    Amit Sheth

  6. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Roland R. Wagner

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Ennaceur, A., Elouedi, Z., Lefevre, E. (2017). Qualitative AHP Method Based on Multiple Criteria Levels Under Group of Experts. In: Benslimane, D., Damiani, E., Grosky, W., Hameurlain, A., Sheth, A., Wagner, R. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10439. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64471-4_35

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