Multicriteria Decision Aiding
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
PDEEC |
3 |
Syllabus |
1 |
- |
7,5 |
70 |
202,5 |
Teaching language
English
Objectives
To enable the students to cope with the main issues related to multicriteria decison-aid, including uncertainty aspects.
Learning outcomes and competences
Students should be able to: - Discuss the decision-aid problematic in problems with multiple criteria and uncertainty. - Use formal models to represent decision situations - Choose and apply systematic decision-aid methodologies, including using software tools and interaction with the decision maker. - Set up evaluation methodologies for public tenders.
Working method
Presencial
Program
- Multicriteria decision-aid. Concepts and terminology. The role of the Decision Maker. Preference modeling. - Multiattribute problems. Trade-off techniques, value functions and the French/European School. Setting up evaluation methodologies for public tenders and applying them. Sorting problems. - Data envelopment analysis (DEA). - Multiobjective problems. Techniques for generating nondominated alternatives. Interactive methods. - Uncertainty and Risk. Decision trees. Decision paradigms. Utility theory. Robust approaches. Methodologies based on multiple risk and opportunity indices. - Analysis of case studies.
Mandatory literature
Robert T. Clemen, Terence Reilly;
Making hard decisions with decision tools. ISBN: 0-534-36597-3
Denis Bouyssou... [et al.];
Evaluation and decision models. ISBN: 0-7923-7250-6
Valerie Belton, Theodor J. Stewart;
Multiple criteria decision analysis. ISBN: 0-7923-7505-X
Complementary Bibliography
Ralph L. Keeney;
Value-focused thinking. ISBN: 0-674-93198-X
Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa ; with a contribution by Richard F. Meyer;
Decisions with multiple objectives. ISBN: 0-471-46510-0
Evangelos Triantaphyllou;
Multi-criteria decision making methods. ISBN: 0-7923-6607-7
Bernard Roy, Denis Bouyssou;
Aide multicritère à la décision. ISBN: 2-7178-2473-1
Bernard Roy;
Méthodologie multicritère d.aide à la décision. ISBN: 2-7178-0901-5
João Namorado Clímaco, Carlos Henggeler Antunes, Maria João Gomes Alves;
Programação linear multiobjectivo. ISBN: 972-8704-13-5
Manuel António Cerqueira da Costa Matos;
Ajuda à decisão multicritério
Teaching methods and learning activities
The course will be organized around lectures, complemented by students’ autonomous work, which will be organized around group assignments around case studies and small problems. A strong interaction and participation of students, leading to a real active learning environment, will be sought in the lectures, by resorting to differentiated learning strategies. Evaluation will be based on the discussion of case studies and a final exam.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
40,00 |
Participação presencial |
0,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
60,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
70,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
39,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial |
53,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
No special conditions
Calculation formula of final grade
Assignments, 60% Exam, 40% (Minimum of 8/20 in both components)