Multicriteria Decision Aiding Interventions

Maria Franca Norese is an Associate Professor of Operations Research at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. Her research interests are in the areas of multicriteria decision aiding, complex problem structuring, and decision support systems. María A. de Vicente y Oliva is a full Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain. Her primary research area is multicriteria decision aiding, where she has developed applications mainly in the field of health and innovation. She has participated in several research projects both at the regional and national level. She is an advanced user of the software diviz, which implements a variety of multicriteria decision methods. Irène Abi-Zeid is a full Professor at Laval University, Québec, Canada. She is specialized in multicriteria decision aiding with applications in transportation, urban planning, water quality and land use. She has conducted numerous projects in collaboration with governments and non-profit organizations. She has also developed MCDA-ULaval, an open source software implementing many multicriteria from the ELECTRE family.

Introduction.- What are the Results of an MCDA Intervention? Some Reflections.- Spatial decision support to reorganise the Swiss postal network.- A decision aiding methodology to compare patient classification systems.- A decision-aiding tool for the choice of road pavements and surfacing.- Multicriteria decision aiding for a shift towards best environmental practices in agriculture, with a focus on viticulture.- Multicriteria Decision Aiding - An overview of some challenges of interventions in real life applications.- Contrasting applications in environmental planning and public procurement.- Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Policy Options.- GIS based/MCDA platform for strategic planning and complexity management in conflictual socio-ecosystems.