An object-oriented approach to structuring multicriteria decision support in natural resource management problems

The undertaking of MCDM (Multicriteria Decision Making) and the development of DSSs (Decision Support Systems) tend to be complex and inefficient, leading to low productivity in decision analysis and DSSs. Towards this end, this study has developed an approach based on object orientation for MCDM and DSS modelling, with the emphasis on natural resource management. The object-oriented approach provides a philosophy to model decision analysis and DSSs in a uniform way, as shown by the diagrams presented in this study. The solving of natural resource management decision problems, the MCDM decision making procedure and decision making activities are modelled in an object-oriented way. The macro decision analysis system, its DSS, the decision problem, the decision context, and the entities in the decision making procedure are represented as "objects". The object-oriented representation of decision analysis also constitutes the basis for the analysis ofDSSs.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Statistical Sciences

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Liu, Dingfei

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Stewart, Theodor J

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4384

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4384