PROMETHEE: a comprehensive literature review on methodologies and applications. (English) Zbl 1189.90074

Behzadian, Majid; Kazemzadeh, R. B.; Albadvi, A.; Aghdasi, M.

Eur. J. Oper. Res. 200, No. 1, 198-215 (2010).

Summary: In recent decades, several Multi-Criteria Decision Aid (MCDA) methods have been proposed to help in selecting the best compromise alternatives. In the meantime, the PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations) family of outranking methods and their applications has attracted much attention from academics and practitioners. In this paper, a classification scheme and a comprehensive literature review are presented in order to uncover, classify, and interpret the current research on PROMETHEE methodologies and applications. Based on the scheme, 217 scholarly papers from 100 journals are categorized into application areas and non-application papers. The application areas include the papers on the topics of Environment Management, Hydrology and Water Management, Business and Financial Management, Chemistry, Logistics and Transportation, Manufacturing and Assembly, Energy Management, Social, and Other Topics. The last area covers the papers published in several fields: Medicine, Agriculture, Education, Design, Government and Sports. The scholarly papers are also classified by (1) year of publication, (2) journal of publication, (3) authors’ nationality, (4) PROMETHEE as applied with other MCDA methods, and (5) PROMETHEE as applied with GAIA (Geometrical Analysis for Interactive Aid) plane. It is hoped that the paper can meet the needs of researchers and practitioners for easy references of PROMETHEE methodologies and applications, and hence promote the future of PROMETHEE research.

MSC:

90B50

Management decision making, including multiple objectives

Keywords:

MCDA; PROMETHEE; GAIA; literature review; application areas; outranking

Software:

Decision Lab 2000; VIKOR; ORESTE; BANKADVISER; PAMUC; PROMETHEE-MD; ARGOS

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