Chapter 3.4

Preference elicitation approaches for energy decisions

Gabriela Oliveiraa,c; Luís C. Diasa,c; Luís Nevesb,c    a CeBER, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugalb School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugalc INESC Coimbra, DEEC, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

Decision and planning problems are often informed by the preferences of the actors involved. This chapter aims at explaining what ‘elicitation of preferences’ means for different decision support methodologies. Three elicitation approaches are presented: multicriteria decision analysis, conjoint analysis, and problem structuring methods. The potential of these approaches for structuring ...

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