Research Article

Threshold-Enhanced PROMETHEE Group Decision Support under Uncertainties

Table 13

Comparison on the total changes of ranks from differentiated decision power.

Sensitivity analysisGroup preferenceWithout group preferenceNote
ConservationBalanceAggressionMacharis et al. (1998)S-shaped function

Change of decision power of DM#1 (RFMB)23464Change of weights by ±50% of their original decision power (1/3 for each DM, i.e., equal decision power).
Change of decision power of DM#2 (university)332124
Change of decision power of DM#3 (industry)777117

Note. (1) Macharis et al. [8] proposed decision weights for differentiated decision power. (2) Means the use of the S-shaped function from equation (11).