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BeSmart2: A Multicriteria Decision Aid Application

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New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 353))

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This paper presents an improved version of an application whose goal is to provide a simple and intuitive way to use multicriteria decision methods in day-to-day decision problems. The application allows comparisons between several alternatives with several criteria, always keeping a permanent backup of both model and results, and provides a framework to incorporate new methods in the future. Developed in C#, the application implements the AHP, SMART and Value Functions methods.

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  1. Department of Production and Systems Engineering, Algoritmi Centre, University of Minho, 4800-058, Guimarães, Portugal

    Anabela Tereso & João Amorim

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  1. Anabela Tereso
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  1. DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Alvaro Rocha

  2. Campus de Campolide, ISEGI, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. DEIS, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  4. DIS, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luis Paulo Reis

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Tereso, A., Amorim, J. (2015). BeSmart2: A Multicriteria Decision Aid Application. In: Rocha, A., Correia, A., Costanzo, S., Reis, L. (eds) New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 353. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1_69

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