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DEMATEL

DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) is a weight subjective multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Gabus, A., Fontela, E. in 1972. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.

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Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory
Taxonomic method record · mcdm / decision-making
  • Gabus, A., Fontela, E. (1972). World problems, an invitation to further thought within the framework of DEMATEL. Battelle Geneva Research Centre, Geneva, Switzerland · URL
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