Extensions of the PROMETHEE Method to Deal with Segmentation Constraints

The aim of the present paper is to propose a novel version of the well known multicriteria method PROMETHEE that deals with segmentation constraints and is also suitable for group decision making. The motivation for the development of the method was a real case study concerning the selection of students for a postgraduate program. The proposed method, named PROMETHEE V2, is based on the principles of PROMETHEE V but uses the results of PROMETHEE I (instead of PROMETHEE II) and exploits the information provided by the leaving and entering flows in order to formulate a bi-objective Integer Programming problem. The solution of the latter produces the Pareto optimal solutions which are usually more than one. Due to its structure, the whole decision process is especially suitable for group decision making.