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Multicriteria Decision Making Methods

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Course Unit Code157-0375/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ZAP149doc. Mgr. Ing. František Zapletal, Ph.D.
Summary
Students should be able to define basic terminology at the decision-making theory, specify approaches to solving the decision-making problems, describe the structure of the decision-making process, are able to recognize the decision making under certainty, uncertainty and risk and apply these methods to real-life problems.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The course is focused on description and application of multi-criteria decision making methods. Students will learn how to solve various discrete decision making problems under different assumptions (certainty x risk x uncertainty, decision making with a single decision maker, group decision making), different input data types, etc. The first part of the course is devoted to non-conflict decision making (without any opponent) and the second part to conflict decision making (game theory). Students should be able to analyze a problem, use a suitable method and find the best decision with respect to the given aim.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to decision making, decision making process, classification of problems.
2. Decision trees and their application.
3. Decision rules for decision making under risk and uncertainty.
4. Criteria weighting - pointing method, pair-wise comparison.
5. Criteria weighting - Saaty's method.
6. Multi-criteria decision making methods - WSA method, TOPSIS method.
7. Multi-criteria decision making methods - Analytical Hierarchy Process.
8. Multi-criteria decision making methods - PROMETHEE method, Even-Swap method
9. Biases in decision making.
10. Game theory - introduction and classification.
11. Game theory - matrix games.
12. Game theory - mixed strategies for matrix games.
13. Game theory - bi-matrix games.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MASRI, Hatem, PÉREZ-GLADISH, Blanca a ZOPOUNIDIS, Constantin. Financial decision aid using multiple criteria: recent models and applications. Multiple criteria decision making. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018. ISBN 9783319688763.
SINDHWANI, Rahul; SINGH, Punj Lata; KUMAR, Bhawna; MITTAL, Varinder Kumar a DAVIM, J. P. (ed.). Multi-criteria decision modelling: applicational techniques and case studies. Science, technology, and management series. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. ISBN 978-0-367-64558-8.
THAKKAR, Jitesh J. Multi-criteria decision making. Studies in systems, decision and control, volume 336. Singapore: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-981-33-4744-1.
FOTR, Jiří. Vícekriteriální rozhodování za nejistoty. Praha: Oeconomica, 2020. ISBN 978-80-245-2399-6.
ZAPLETAL, František. Exaktní metody rozhodování. [Praha]: Professional Publishing, 2023. ISBN 978-80-88260-66-0.
ZOPOUNIDIS, Constantin a DOUMPOS, Michael. Multiple criteria decision making: applications in management and engineering. Multiple criteria decision making. Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-39290-5.

Recommended Reading:
ANDERSON, David Ray. Introduction to management science: quantitative approaches to decision making. 2nd ed. Andover: Cengage Learning, c2014. ISBN 978-1-4080-8840-1.
DOUMPOS, Michael a ZOPOUNIDIS, Constantin. Multicriteria analysis in finance. SpringerBriefs in operations research. Cham: Springer, [2014]. ISBN 978-3-319-05863-4.
EKEL, Petr; PEDRYCZ, Witold a PEREIRA, Joel. Multicriteria decision-making under conditions of uncertainty: a fuzzy set perspective. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2020. ISBN 978-1-119-53492-1.
FOTR, Jiří a SOUČEK, Ivan. Scénáře pro strategické rozhodování a řízení: jak se efektivně vyrovnat s budoucími hrozbami a příležitostmi. Expert. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-80-271-2020-8.
SHOTTON, Richard. Anatomie rozhodování: 25 skrytých faktorů, které ovlivňují to, jak nakupujeme. Přeložil Kateřina PATEROVÁ. Via. Praha: Dobrovský, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7642-548-4.
ZOPOUNIDIS, Constantin a Michael DOUMPOS, ed. Multiple criteria decision making: applications in management and engineering. Švýcarsko: Springer, 2017. Multiple criteria decision making. ISBN 978-3-319-39290-5.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit100 (100)51
        CreditWritten test100 51