?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%2F4890%2F&rft.title=Fairness+and+Equity+via+Concepts+of+Multi-Criteria+Decision+Analysis&rft.creator=Lootsma%2C+F.A.&rft.creator=Ramanathan%2C+R.&rft.creator=Schuijt%2C+H.&rft.description=We+briefly+discuss+principles+of+fairness+and+equity+in+order+to+incorporate+them+in+a+mathematical+method+for+the+allocation+of+benefits+or+costs+(the+output)+in+a+distribution+problem%2C+on+the+basis+of+the+effort%2C+the+strength+or+the+needs+(the+input)+of+the+respective+parties.+Usually%2C+input+and+output+are+multi-dimensional%2C+and+proportionality+seems+to+be+the+leading+principle.+Therefore+we+employ+several+algorithmic+ideas+of+Multi-Criteria+Decision+Analysis+in+order+to+support+the+solution+of+distribution+problems%2C+in+particular+the+ideas+underlying+the+Multiplicative+AHP+which+was+designed+to+process+ratio+information.+We+extend+the+method+in+order+to+cover+the+principles+of+progressivity%2C+priority%2C+and+parity+as+well.+Two+examples%2C+(a)+the+establishment+of+the+member+state+contributions+to+the+European+Union%2C+and+(b)+the+allocation+of+seats+in+the+European+Parliament+to+the+member+states%2C+show+that+the+proposed+method+produces+contributions+and+allocations+with+a+higher+degree+of+fairness+and+equity+than+the+solutions+adopted+so+far.&rft.publisher=WP-96-137&rft.date=1996-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4890%2F1%2FWP-96-137.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lootsma%2C+F.A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1421.html%3E%2C+Ramanathan%2C+R.%2C+%26+Schuijt%2C+H.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1560.html%3E++(1996).++Fairness+and+Equity+via+Concepts+of+Multi-Criteria+Decision+Analysis.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-137+++++