eprintid: 4890 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/48/90 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:07:35 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:15:38 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:07:35 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 2 creators_name: Lootsma, F.A. creators_name: Ramanathan, R. creators_name: Schuijt, H. creators_id: 7054 creators_id: 7461 title: Fairness and Equity via Concepts of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_met internal_subjects: iis_sys divisions: prog_rmp abstract: 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, on the basis of the effort, the strength or the needs (the input) of the respective parties. Usually, input and output are multi-dimensional, 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, 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, priority, and parity as well. Two examples, (a) the establishment of the member state contributions to the European Union, and (b) the allocation of seats in the European Parliament to the member states, show that the proposed method produces contributions and allocations with a higher degree of fairness and equity than the solutions adopted so far. date: 1996-12 date_type: published publisher: WP-96-137 iiasapubid: WP-96-137 price: 10 creators_browse_id: 1421 creators_browse_id: 1560 full_text_status: public monograph_type: working_paper place_of_pub: IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria pages: 18 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/book citation: Lootsma, F.A. , Ramanathan, R., & Schuijt, H. (1996). Fairness and Equity via Concepts of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-96-137 document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4890/1/WP-96-137.pdf