Siraj, S orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-9930, Mikhailov, L and Keane, JA (2015) PriEsT: an interactive decision support tool to estimate priorities from pairwise comparison judgments. International Transactions in Operational Research, 22 (2). pp. 217-235. ISSN 0969-6016
Abstract
Pairwise comparison (PC) is a well-established method to assist decision makers (DMs) in estimating their preferences. This paper considers the rationale, design, and evaluation of an open-source priority estimation tool, PriEsT, which has been developed to offer new features related to the PC method. PriEsT is able to assist DMs in interactively identifying and revising their judgments based on different consistency measures and graphical aids. When inconsistency cannot be improved due to practical limitations, PriEsT offers a wide range of Pareto-optimal solutions based on multiobjective optimization, unlike other tools that offer only a single solution. DMs have the flexibility to select any of these nondominated solutions according to their requirements. The features of PriEsT have been demonstrated and evaluated through its application to a real-world case study: the selection of the most appropriate telecom infrastructure for rural areas. This case study using PriEsT has highlighted the presence of intransitive judgments in the acquired data, and the correction of these judgments has led to a different ranking of the available alternatives.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 The Authors. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Siraj, S., Mikhailov, L. and Keane, J. A. (2015), PriEsT: an interactive decision support tool to estimate priorities from pairwise comparison judgments. International Transactions in Operational Research, 22: 217–235, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.12054. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Aug 2016 10:36 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 23:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.12054 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/itor.12054 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102702 |