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Multiple Criteria Approaches to Group Decision and Negotiation

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Collective decision making, the processes of group decision and negotiation, and the differences between them are explained and illustrated. Then the applicability of techniques of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to problems of group decision and negotiation (GDN) is discussed. A review of systems for Group Decision Support and Negotiation Support then highlights the contributions of MCDA techniques. The roles of decision makers and others in GDN are discussed, and overall progress in GDN is reviewed. Finally, some suggestions for worthwhile future contributions from MCDA are put forward.

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    D. Marc Kilgour

  2. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210016, China

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  3. Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Keith W. Hipel

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Kilgour, D.M., Chen, Y., Hipel, K.W. (2010). Multiple Criteria Approaches to Group Decision and Negotiation. In: Ehrgott, M., Figueira, J., Greco, S. (eds) Trends in Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 142. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5904-1_11

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