@inproceedings{7aa70ac2f3c84c17b335b411c84ab6a4,
title = "An evaluation method with imprecise information for multi-attribute decision support",
abstract = "This paper presents a method using intervals for representing and synthesizing imprecise information for multi-attribute evaluation and decision-making support. An implementation is given for selecting an alternative for a project in a real case in the context of construction in civil engineering. As a previous step to aggregate the available information, a methodology is proposed for summarizing and normalizing values in an intervals context, representing the alternatives by means of rectangles in ℝn (products of n finite closed intervals in ℝ). A distance is introduced in the set of rectangles, defining a total order once a reference rectangle is considered. A method is given for the choice of the best alternative based on the comparison of distances to a reference rectangle. The constraints which guarantee consistency are determined and the consistency of the method is established.",
author = "Francesc Prats and M{\'o}nica S{\'a}nchez and N{\'u}ria Agell and Gaizka Ormazabal",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/11881216_15",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540459146",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "133--142",
booktitle = "Current Topics in Artificial Intelligence - 11th Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence, CAEPIA 2005, Revised Selected Papers",
note = "11th Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence, CAEPIA 2005 ; Conference date: 16-11-2005 Through 18-11-2005",
}