Multi Attributive Comparison of Alternatives Using Numerical Data and Expert Opinions

Abstract

Management of land involves for both environmental and agricultural concerns involve many decisions which often have multiple and conflicting objectives.  Therefore, a tool which considers multi criteria decision analysis could be of considerable benefit for management purposes.  Recently, a tool for multi attributive comparison of alternatives has been under development, and in this article the adaptation of this tool where a combination of numerical data and expert opinions is utilized as input will be discussed.  This article will illustrate this new approach with an example.