?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4124%2F&rft.title=Evaluation+of+Environmental+Policy+Strategies+with+Imprecise+Preference+Information&rft.creator=Poeyhoenen%2C+M.&rft.description=Multicriteria+decision+making+techniques+give+a+decision+maker+a+way+to+thoroughly+analyze+complex+problems+and+state+his+or+her+arguments+for+decisions.+The+techniques+usually+require+precise+numerical+information+of+the+decision+maker's+preferences+and+the+parameters+of+a+decision+problem.+However%2C+it+is+most+often+difficult+to+get+this+information.+There+may+be+several+decision+makers+which+have+different+opinions+and+the+parameters+of+the+decision+problem+may+be+ambiguous.+Preference+Assessment+by+Imprecise+Ratio+Statements+(PAIRS)+is+a+hierarchical+weighting+technique+which+allows+decision+makers+to+give+preference+statements+with+intervals+instead+of+single+point+estimates.+Here+this+new+technique+is+applied+to+two+case+studies+where+decision+makers+have+to+select+the+most+suitable+solution+from+a+discrete+set+of+alternatives+for+a+problem+which+involves+several+conflicting+environmental+and+economic+factors.&rft.publisher=WP-94-087&rft.date=1994-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4124%2F1%2FWP-94-087.pdf&rft.identifier=++Poeyhoenen%2C+M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2299.html%3E++(1994).++Evaluation+of+Environmental+Policy+Strategies+with+Imprecise+Preference+Information.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-087+++++