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A general model is presented which encompasses many procedures used for aggregating preferences in multicriteria decision making (or decision aid) methods. Are covered in particular: MAUT, ELECTRE and several other outranking methods. The main interest of the model is to provide a key for understanding the differences between methods. Methods are analyzed in terms of their way of dealing with “preference differences” on each criterion/attribute. The more or less large number of equivalence classes of preference differences that can be distinguished in a method helps to situate it in a continuum going from compensatory to noncompensatory procedures, from cardinal to ordinal methods.
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Bouyssou, D., Pirlot, M., Vincke, P. (1997). A General Model of Preference Aggregation. In: Karwan, M.H., Spronk, J., Wallenius, J. (eds) Essays In Decision Making. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60663-2_9
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