Research Article

Threshold-Enhanced PROMETHEE Group Decision Support under Uncertainties

Table 8

Ranks of plants by the single DM and the group by generalized PROMETHEE III with equal decision power.

DM(s)Plants
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Single DMRFMB2 (4)2 (5)1 (1)13 (14)8 (8)2 (3)15 (15)9 (10)11 (11)2 (2)7 (7)13 (13)6 (6)9 (9)12 (12)
University7 (7)3 (6)1 (1)13 (14)10 (10)2 (2)15 (15)8 (8)10 (12)3 (3)3 (5)13 (13)3 (4)8 (9)10 (11)
Industry2 (4)2 (3)1 (1)15 (15)11 (13)2 (5)14 (14)6 (6)7 (8)2 (2)10 (10)11 (12)7 (9)7 (7)11 (11)

GroupConservation4 (5)4 (4)1 (1)14 (14)10 (10)2 (2)15 (15)8 (8)10 (11)2 (3)7 (7)13 (13)6 (6)9 (9)12 (12)
Aggression2 (5)2 (4)1 (1)14 (14)10 (11)2 (2)15 (15)8 (8)10 (10)2 (3)7 (7)13 (13)6 (6)9 (9)12 (12)
Balance2 (5)2 (4)1 (1)14 (14)10 (10)2 (2)15 (15)8 (8)10 (11)2 (3)7 (7)13 (13)6 (6)9 (9)12 (12)
Borda function521141021581047136912
Generalized TODIM541141131591026137812

Note. (1) The values in the parentheses are the ranks by PROMETHEE II. (2) Generalized PROMETHEE III means the use of the S-shaped preference function. (3) The ranks of generalized TODIM [75] using the group averaging weights.