A MULTIATTRIBUTE DECISION‐MAKING APPROACH TO THE SELECTION OF AN AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR ICEBREAKERS*
描述了美国海岸警卫队运用多属性决策方法选择破冰船辅助设备的过程，定义了五种任务并利用层次分析法加权，同时开发群体效用以整合不同操作者的判断。
ABSTRACT This paper describes the use of multiattribute decision making by the U.S. Coast Guard when choosing the most appropriate auxiliary device to use on an icebreaker. Five different missions of icebreakers are defined, and the objectives and attributes that describe the effectiveness of each auxiliary device in accomplishing these missions are established. For each geographical area of interest, the missions are weighted using the analytical hierarchy process. Also, group utilities are developed for attribute vectors in order to incorporate the judgments of different icebreaker operators.