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Do not confuse

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The purpose of this short paper is to underscore some sources of confusion which are important for practitioners and theoreticians of operations research and decision aiding (OR-DA). What should not be confused? The following: two types of registers or objectives; two types of attitudes or procedures and two types of approaches for apprehending reality, or for fitting into a process!

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  • Bernard Roy, 2016. "Do not confuse," International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(2), pages 112-117.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmcdm:v:6:y:2016:i:2:p:112-117
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    1. Cinelli, Marco & Kadziński, Miłosz & Miebs, Grzegorz & Gonzalez, Michael & Słowiński, Roman, 2022. "Recommending multiple criteria decision analysis methods with a new taxonomy-based decision support system," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 302(2), pages 633-651.

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