ARAS-H: A ranking-based decision aiding method for hierarchically structured criteria
RAIRO. Operations Research, Tome 55 (2021) no. 3, pp. 2035-2054

In most of real world problems, alternatives are evaluated according to a large set of criteria which confuses the Decision Maker (DM) in terms of allotting alternatives’ assessments. So, to reduce the complexity of the presented problem, it is recommended to organize the criteria into a hierarchy tree to decompose the main problem into sub-ones. Therefore, the DM gains detailed insight on each level of the hierarchy instead of focusing only on one level. In this context, we propose an extension of the Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS) method to the case of hierarchically structured criteria. The proposed approach is called Hierarchical Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS-H) method. A major advantage of the ARAS-H method is that it enables the DM to analyze the partial pre-orders (the rankings of the alternatives) at each node of the criteria tree i.e., according to each sub-criterion. The partial pre-orders present solutions of the problem with respect to each subset of criteria. In view of determining the criteria weights at each level of the hierarchy tree, we apply the AHP method. Finally, we apply the ARAS-H method on a case study related to tourism which aims to rank tourist destination websites brands in accordance with a four levels criteria hierarchy.

DOI : 10.1051/ro/2021083
Classification : 90B50
Keywords: Multiple Criteria Decision Aid, Multiple Criteria Hierarchy Process (MCHP), ARAS-H, AHP method, Hierarchy of criteria
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Ghram, Maroua; Moalla Frikhahela, Hela. ARAS-H: A ranking-based decision aiding method for hierarchically structured criteria. RAIRO. Operations Research, Tome 55 (2021) no. 3, pp. 2035-2054. doi: 10.1051/ro/2021083

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