Comparison of design concepts in multi-criteria decision-making using level diagrams

  • Authors:

  • Gilberto Reynoso-Meza;Xavier Blasco;Javier Sanchis;Juan M. Herrero

  • Affiliations:

  • Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain;Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain;Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain;Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Information Sciences: an International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In this work, we address the evaluation of design concepts and the analysis of multiple Pareto fronts in multi-criteria decision-making using level diagrams. Such analysis is relevant when two (or more) design concepts with different design alternatives lie in the same objective space, but describe different Pareto fronts. Therefore, the problem can be stated as a Pareto front comparison between two (or more) design concepts that only differ in their relative complexity, implementation issues, or the theory applied to solve the problem at hand. Such analysis will help the decision maker obtain a better insight of a conceptual solution and be able to decide if the use of a complex concept is justified instead of a simple concept. The approach is validated in a set of multi-criteria decision making benchmark problems.