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Sustainability Criteria-Level Preference Ranking

OriginatorZiemba, P.Year2019Sources1

PROSA-C (Sustainability Criteria-Level Preference Ranking) is a ranking multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Ziemba, P. in 2019. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.

Key highlights

  • Follows a transparent, reproducible computational procedure that can be audited step by step.
  • Handles multiple criteria of differing scales and units within a single decision matrix.

Intuition

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How it works

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When to use it

Use PROSA-C when criteria have different sustainability profiles (ESG) and these should influence weight allocation.

Strengths & limitations

Strengths
  • Follows a transparent, reproducible computational procedure that can be audited step by step.
  • Handles multiple criteria of differing scales and units within a single decision matrix.
Limitations
  • Results depend on the chosen normalisation, weights, and parameter settings.

Common pitfalls

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Sources

  1. 1.
    Ziemba, P. (2019). PROSA-C: preferences-based sustainability assessments at the criteria level of MCDA models. Sustainability

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ScholarGate. (2026, June 2). PROSA-C. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/decision-making/prosa-c

Sustainability Criteria-Level Preference Ranking