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Multi-Expert Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Joel Henderson

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Expert analysis and decisions are highly valued assets in a wide variety of fields, from social services to grant funding committees. However, the use of experts can be prohibitive due to either lack of availability or cost. As such, it is desirable to be able to replicate such decisions. However, there are many obstacles that impede an accurate simulation of expert decisions. For example, despite looking at the same information, two experts may disagree on the decisions. In addition, a single expert may make inconsistent decisions across similar scenarios.

In this work, we focus on multi-criteria decision making and in …