Ranking of suburban line extension projects on the Paris metro system by a multicriteria method

Roy, Bernard; Hugonnard, J.C.

Roy, Bernard; Hugonnard, J.C. (1982), Ranking of suburban line extension projects on the Paris metro system by a multicriteria method, Transportation Research Part A: General, 16, 4, p. 301-312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0191-2607(82)90057-7

Type

Article accepté pour publication ou publié

Date

1982

Journal name

Transportation Research Part A: General

Volume

Number

Publisher

Elsevier

Pages

301-312

Abstract (EN)

This paper relates to a programming problem, namely the elaboration of a ranking of 12 suburban line extension projects on the Paris metro system. A specific multicriteria method, ELECTRE IV, has been designed for this purpose. Based on the concepts of “pseudo-criterion” and “outranking”, it leads to a final partial ranking established without any kind of weighting of the criteria. After a statement of the problem, the paper describes the principles and three stages of the method. A final discussion on the results established its validity in such a case, as well as for various other applications.

Subjects / Keywords

programming problem; ELECTRE method