Behavioral multi-criteria decision analysis: further elaborations on the todim method

Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro Gomes; Xavier Ignacio González

doi:10.2478/v10209-011-0001-1

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Behavioral multi-criteria decision analysis: further elaborations on the todim method

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences

Volume 37 (2012): Issue 1 (March 2012)

By: Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro Gomes and Xavier Ignacio González

Open Access

|Oct 2012

Abstract

This short communication reviews the role of the TODIM method within behavioral decision theory and presents its genesis. Two important aspects of the method such as generalizing that method towards cumulative prospect theory and the choice of a reference point are further clarified.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10209-011-0001-1 | Journal eISSN: 2300-3405 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6356

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Language: English

Page range: 3 - 8

Published on: Oct 24, 2012

Published by: Poznan University of Technology

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Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Cumulative prospect theory,

decisions under risk,

multi-attribute decision making.

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Artificial intelligence,

Software development

© 2012 Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro Gomes, Xavier Ignacio González, published by Poznan University of Technology
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Volume 37 (2012): Issue 1 (March 2012)