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Analytic decision rules for importance-ordered criteria with a first ordered metric scale in the general form

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We propose simple and exact methods of comparison of alternatives by preference in multicriterial problems with criteria ordered with respect to their importance, when preferences increase along the scale of criteria arbitrarily.

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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. P. Nelyubin

  2. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Podinovski

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Nelyubin, V.V. Podinovski, 2014, published in Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, 2014, No. 9, pp. 97–107.

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Nelyubin, A.P., Podinovski, V.V. Analytic decision rules for importance-ordered criteria with a first ordered metric scale in the general form. Autom Remote Control 75, 1618–1625 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117914090070

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