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Multi-criteria Remote Asynchronous Group Decision Screening: An Experimental Study

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  • Roman V. Efremov

    (Rey Juan Carlos University)

  • Alexander V. Lotov

    (Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University)

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A new visualization-based multi-criteria procedure for group decision screening is presented. The procedure supports a group in selecting a small number of alternatives from an initial list described by a collection of attributes which are used as screening criteria. We propose and experimentally study the Group Remote Asynchronous Screening Support (GRASS) procedure that can be used by a large number of participants who are not able to meet face to face. GRASS does not use any interaction between the participants and the group screening is based on the individual preferences expressed by them independently from each other. GRASS uses the concepts of Borda count, by applying the visualization of information to simplify the analysis of large lists of multi-criteria alternatives. Visualization is used to support the individual analysis of the variety of alternatives and the individual selecting of a small number of alternatives from the list for the subsequent scoring through Borda count. Visualization is carried via the Interactive Decision Maps / Reasonable Goals Method (IDM/RGM) technique. We first check a speculative supposition that participants are able to find a single best alternative by using the GRASS procedure. As it is not the case, we re-formulate our hypothesis and check whether the most preferred alternative is part of a short list of alternatives returned through GRASS. The experiment was carried out with senior applied mathematics students who managed to apply GRASS without any problem.

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  • Roman V. Efremov & Alexander V. Lotov, 2014. "Multi-criteria Remote Asynchronous Group Decision Screening: An Experimental Study," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 31-48, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:grdene:v:23:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1007_s10726-012-9327-1
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