Using MCDA to enable individual preference-based matchmaking in the sustainable mobility domain

DOI

10.2991/.2013.18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Multi-criteria decision analysis, PROMETHEE II, decision support, matchmaking, sus-tainable mobility, KPI for sustainability

Abstract

This work provides a foundation to make heterogeneous alternatives for mobility (transportation modes) compara-ble in the context of sustainability and providing possi-bilities to also compare them in other contexts such as costs or flexibility. The key to a successful comparison of such transportation modes is stated as the selection of se-mantically suitable key performance indicators (KPI) and a reasonable decision analysis method, which will be cov-ered throughout this work. A set of KPIs is selected by considering various existing indicators, like indicators for measuring resource consumption or air pollution. This work provides a method for comparing the relative sus-tainability or any other desired dimension, given the re-quirement that a suitable set of KPIs is selected, of multi-ple modes of personal transportation by using key per-formance indicators and the multi-criteria decision analy-sis method PROMETHEE II. In addition to the introduced objective decision support, the authors also provide a way to enable subjective decision support by taking the prefer-ence-based model of an individual decision-maker into account. A method to enable individual preference based matchmaking is introduced to provide the mathematical foundation for mapping each individual to their subjec-tively optimal transportation mode. Some possible practi-cal use cases which are able to create real world added value by automated appliance of the introduced models are given by the authors as well.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sven Kölpin
AU  - Daniel Stamer
AU  - Benjamin Wagner vom Berg
PY  - 2013/10
DA  - 2013/10
TI  - Using MCDA to enable individual preference-based matchmaking in the sustainable mobility domain
BT  - Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Decision Support
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 148
EP  - 155
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/.2013.18
DO  - 10.2991/.2013.18
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