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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.0 20120330//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" article-type="research-article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFORMATICA</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Informatica</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">0868-4952</issn><issn pub-type="ppub">0868-4952</issn><publisher><publisher-name>VU</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">inf19201</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/Informatica.2008.207</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Interactive Aggregation/Disaggregation Dichotomic Sorting Procedure for Group Decision Analysis Based on the Threshold Model</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Bregar</surname><given-names>Andrej</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:andrej.bregar@uni-mb.si">andrej.bregar@uni-mb.si</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Györkös</surname><given-names>József</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:jozsef.gyorkos@uni-mb.si">jozsef.gyorkos@uni-mb.si</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Jurič</surname><given-names>Matjaž B.</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:matjaz.juric@uni-mb.si">matjaz.juric@uni-mb.si</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><aff id="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000">University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Smetanova 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia</aff></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>01</month><year>2008</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>161</fpage><lpage>190</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>01</day><month>03</month><year>2007</year></date></history><abstract><p>
In this paper, a new multi-criteria decision-making procedure is presented, which captures preferential information in the form of the threshold model. It is based on the ELECTRE-like sorting analysis restricted by the localization principle, which enables high adaptability of the decision model and reduces the cognitive load imposed on the decision-makers. It lays the foundation for the introduction of three concepts that have been previously insufficiently supported by outranking methods – semiautomatic derivation of criteria weights according to the selective effects of discordance and veto thresholds, convergent group consensus seeking, and autonomous multi-agent negotiation. The interdependent principles are justified, and the methodological solutions underlying their implementation are provided.
</p></abstract><kwd-group><label>Keywords</label><kwd>decision-making</kwd><kwd>group decisions and negotiations</kwd><kwd>pseudo-criterion</kwd><kwd>outranking relation</kwd><kwd>preference aggregation/disaggregation</kwd><kwd>nonlinear optimization</kwd><kwd>fuzzy sets</kwd><kwd>agents</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>