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An Approach to Support Negotiation Processes with Imprecise Information Multicriteria Additive Models

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This paper discusses the possible uses of the VIP (Variable Interdependent Parameters) Analysis software and methodology in negotiation support. VIP Analysis is a decision support tool that incorporates complementary approaches to deal with the aggregation of multi-criteria performances under imprecise information. Its purpose is to support the evaluation of a discrete set of alternatives according to multi-attribute additive value functions. We propose extensions of the methodology of VIP Analysis to address explicitly the differences among the actors in terms of the weights space.

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    João N. Clímaco & Luis C. Dias

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Clímaco, J.N., Dias, L.C. An Approach to Support Negotiation Processes with Imprecise Information Multicriteria Additive Models. Group Decis Negot 15, 171–184 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-006-9027-9

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