Soft Computing Evaluation Logic

4.1Job Selection

He who has a choice has trouble.

—Danish proverb

Most adults work. Therefore, the job selection problem is one of the most frequent nontrivial evaluation problems. This is also a problem that the majority of people usually solve intuitively, without quantitative methodology. Since everybody is familiar with the problem, it is reasonable to use it as the first application of the LSP method.

The job selection problem (based on linear scoring) was analyzed by J. R. Miller as the key example of his assessment of worth procedure [MIL66]. It is also an example for the professional decision‐making methodology presented in [MIL70]. The first 12‐attribute LSP version of the job selection criterion was presented in [DUJ91]. These examples are used as a starting point for developing the model presented in this chapter.

In the case of job selection, we have an atypical evaluation problem where we cannot define the “overall cost” and the “overall suitability” of the system, and perform the standard LSP cost/suitability analysis. Indeed, the goal of evaluation is to simultaneously maximize the overall monetary compensation and the overall positive characteristics of the job.

The job selection problem depends very much on political, social, and economic environment in which it is defined. All governments have laws and regulations on the variety of labor topics. For example, US Department of Labor [DOL16] offers many web pages that specify legal aspects of full‐time and ...