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On conjoint analysis by rough approximations based on dominance relations

✍ Scribed by Kazutomi Sugihara; Hiroaki Ishii; Hideo Tanaka


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
83 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0884-8173

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✦ Synopsis


Conjoint analysis is a method for deriving the part-worth value of each factor from the total evaluations. This also can be applied to multicriteria ranking or choice problems. It is generally in conjoint analysis, assumed that the value function is predefined as the additive and transitive model. However, there exist many cases in which the predefined value function is not appropriate to real situations. In this study, we propose conjoint analysis based on rough sets approximated by dominance relations. In our formulation, qualitative data often used in the conventional method are transformed into ordered values by dominance relations using interval regression analysis. In our proposed approach, preference structure in conjoint analysis can be represented by if-then rules and better combinations of factors than ones derived from the information system can be found by partial order relations.