Using an Outranking Method Supporting the Acquisition of Military Equipment

Abstract

We overview the desirable features of a ranking and a selection methodology, taking several criteria into account. We show to what extent the class of PROMETHEE methods is presenting these features. We summarize the recommendations which were formulated a few years ago, in order to adapt these methods to their use for military equipment acquisition. These adaptations are primarily related to the choice of the criteria hierarchy, the determination of weights, the transformation and rescaling functions, the indifference and preference thresholds and some other technical parameters. Then we discuss the capabilities of the PROMETHEE methods to perform stability analysis of the ranking with respect to the weights and its relevance for the acquisition process of military equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA568301

Entities

People

  • Hugo Pastijn

Organizations

  • Royal Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Intervals
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Specialists
  • Systems Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Business Analytics
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis