caa a22 4500 465756336 CHVBK 20180323111848.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00221383 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00221383 Qualitative multiple criteria choice analysis [Elektronische Daten] The dominant regime method [Edwin Hinloopen, Peter Nijkamp] In recent years an avalanche of literature has been published in the field of multiple criteria analysis. This methodology for decision-making and evaluation serves to find the best compromise solutions among alternative choice options, taking into account the existence of conflicting judgment criteria. The present paper focuses attention on one particular class of multiple criteria methods, viz. those in which the available information (impacts and policy priorities) is measured in an ordinal sense. This low level of measurement precludes the application of standard numerical methods. For this problem a new method, the so-called regime analysis, is devised in the paper. This method is based on a pairwise comparison of choice options and serves to find the best available compromise by identifying that option which ensures the highest score probability that is embodied in the ordinal information. The formal derivation is based upon the principle of insufficient reasoning and leads in general to an unambiguous choice. Particular attention is also given to the existence of ties and of mixed (i.e. qualitative-quantitative) information. The method is illustrated by means of an evaluation problem regarding 12 types of automobiles on the basis of a variety of judgement criteria. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Hinloopen Edwin Free University Dept. of Economics, P.O. Box 7161, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Nijkamp Peter Free University Dept. of Economics, P.O. Box 7161, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Quality and Quantity Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1990-02-01), 37-56 0033-5177 24:1<37 1990 24 11135 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221383 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221383 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hinloopen Edwin Free University Dept. of Economics, P.O. Box 7161, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nijkamp Peter Free University Dept. of Economics, P.O. Box 7161, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality and Quantity Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1990-02-01), 37-56 0033-5177 24:1<37 1990 24 11135 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer