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In modern logistics, port transportation plays an important role in the development of the surrounding economy. However, to determine the level of port group competitiveness, regional ports must be classified. To realize this classification, this paper introduces a novel multiple criteria sorting method, ORESTE-SORT, together with its main characteristics and properties. This approach can help in handling three types of preference relationships among alternatives and profiles: preference, indifference, and incomparability. In addition, a novel sorting rule, the assignment rule driven by attitudes (ARDA), is introduced to allocate alternatives to predefined categories based on the generalization of two classical sorting rules: optimistic and pessimistic rules. We also perform a case study to illustrate the suitability of the proposed sorting method for sorting port group competitiveness. Finally, sensitivity analysis and comparative analysis are performed with the ELECTRE-SORT method to determine the effectiveness of ORESTE-SORT, following which the capability of this new sorting methodology is further discussed.
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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Project 71701158 and 72071151, MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (17YJC630114), Spanish National research project PGC2018-099402-B-I00.
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Qin, J., Liang, Y., Martinez, L. et al. ORESTE-SORT: a novel multiple criteria sorting method for sorting port group competitiveness. Ann Oper Res 325, 875–909 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04991-y
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