Multiattribute Methodologies for Decision Making in COEAs

摘要

The report encompasses discussion and illustration of operations researchtechniques for integrating multiple decision attributes within Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analyses (COEA). It posits criteria for selecting techniques that may be useful for COEA, concludes that five techniques are particularly worthy of COEA practitioner consideration, and then illustrates the use of two techniques-the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT). multiattribute, multiobjective, integration, decision, multicriteria, COEA.