Constructing a multicriteria hierarchical evaluation model using an aggregation-disaggregation approach

This paper presents a new approach to support evaluating a set of objects on a hierarchy of qualitative criteria. Evaluating an object on a node with respect to its evaluations on the sub-nodes is formulated as a multicriteria classification problem where the levels of the node's scale correspond to the ordered classes. Different multicriteria classification methods can be used. Selection of the adequate method(s) depends on many criteria or attributes involving context factors, characteristics of the methods and performances of the models.ou