Brief Syllabus

Class 1: Introduction

• Decision and decision aiding
• Decision processes

Documents

• Decision-aid: an elementary introduction with emphasis on multiple criteria B. Roy, D. Bouyssou

Slides introduction

Class 2: Preference Modelling

• Language of preference modelling
• Main structures of preference
• Numerical representation
• Extensions

Documents

• Binary relations and preference modelling, D. Bouyssou, Ph. Vincke
• Numerical representations of binary relations with thresholds: A brief survey, Fuad Aleskerov, Denis Bouyssou, Bernard Monjardet

Slides preference modelling

Class 3: Social Choice

• Introduction to Social Choice
• Voting Procedures
• Arrow’s theorem and extensions

Documents

• Social Choice Theory and Multicriteria decision aiding, D. Bouyssou, Th. Marchant, P. Perny

Slides social choice

Class 4: Multiattribute Value Theory

• Basic results on additive value functions
• Elicitation procedures: standard sequences and UTA

Documents

• Conjoint measurement tools dor MCDM, A brief introduction, D. Bouyssou, M. Pirlot

Slides multiattribute value theory

Class 5: ELECTRE methods

• Will be given by someone else