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<p>Taking as an example the very interesting and motivating paper by Sousa Ribeiro et al. (2021) an attempt is made of providing a couple of insights into the decision making process from the point of view of the potentially helpful aspects of data analysis and OR-related modelling. These are just hints and suggestions, meant primarily to emphasise the multifaceted character of the decision making situations and processes, especially when concerning more complex issues. While the course of the procedure proposed and exemplified in Sousa Ribeiro et al. (2021) is treated as fully correctly and successfully carried out to the end, we wish to show the potential use of information, constituting in a sense a “by-product” of such a procedure, or, actually, of any similar procedure, aimed at supporting decision making.</p>
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Taking as an example the very interesting and motivating paper by Sousa Ribeiro et al. (2021) an attempt is made of providing a couple of insights into the decision making process from the point of view of the potentially helpful aspects of data analysis and OR-related modelling. These are just hints and suggestions, meant primarily to emphasise the multifaceted character of the decision making situations and processes, especially when concerning more complex issues. While the course of the procedure proposed and exemplified in Sousa Ribeiro et al. (2021) is treated as fully correctly and successfully carried out to the end, we wish to show the potential use of information, constituting in a sense a “by-product” of such a procedure, or, actually, of any similar procedure, aimed at supporting decision making.

On the use of data analysis and OR modelling in MCDM problems: a case analysis – a rejoinder to the paper by Sousa Ribeiro et al

Control and Cybernetics

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Taking as an example the very interesting and motivating paper by Sousa Ribeiro et al. (2021) an attempt is made of providing a couple of insights into the...

On the use of data analysis and OR modelling in MCDM problems: a case analysis – a rejoinder to the paper by Sousa Ribeiro et al

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Juni 2022

Seitenbereich: 413 - 422

Eingereicht: 01. Juli 2021

Akzeptiert: 01. Sept. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/candc-2021-0025

Schlüsselwörter
location problem, variables, criteria, objectives, modelling

© 2021 Jan W. Owsiński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On the use of data analysis and OR modelling in MCDM problems: a case analysis – a rejoinder to the paper by Sousa Ribeiro et al

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Juni 2022

Seitenbereich: 413 - 422

Eingereicht: 01. Juli 2021

Akzeptiert: 01. Sept. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/candc-2021-0025

Schlüsselwörterlocation problem, variables, criteria, objectives, modelling

© 2021 Jan W. Owsiński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
location problem, variables, criteria, objectives, modelling