Multiple criteria ranking decision support

We propose a methodology to support decisions on how to construct rankings of objects which account for decision makers' preferences. As it is not always so that objects to be ranked are known upfront, the methodology is focused on constructing ranking algorithms rather than rankings themselves. The methodology builds on Multiple Criteria Decision Making paradigms. To operationalize it we provide a consistent interactive framework which allows the decision maker to express his preferences with respect to objects directly, with respect to the criteria selection process (multiple criteria model building), and with respect to attributes resulting from the selected criteria. The methodology is illustrated by a numerical example of municipality rankings.