@article{Morais_De Almeida_2010, title={Integrated Model of Problem Structuring and Multicriteria Group Decision Making for Social Sustainable Development}, volume={6}, url={https://bjopm.org.br/bjopm/article/view/V7N2A2}, abstractNote={<p>Many social decisions in the real world are characterized by deep<br />complexity, not only in terms of economic aspects, but also dealing with<br />sustainability policy problems. Indeed, the emphasis to find a solution by<br />representing the situation and its relationships in a decision problem only<br />mathematically, focused simply in restricts views, is not enough. Nowadays, to<br />make a social decision is imperative to promote a group discussion to find a<br />sustainable solution and to input more emotional arguments into the problem.<br />However, although there are several methods of problem structuring (soft OR)<br />and methods to evaluate the problem (hard OR), there are still few works<br />dealing with the integration of these two approaches. This paper proposes a<br />group decision model, integrating tools of problem structuring and multicriteria<br />evaluation. The problem structuring approach is used to facilitate and to share<br />information starting from the participative development, as a way to generate<br />alternative ideas of solution and to improve the learning process among all the<br />involved members. The multicriteria evaluation is used to find a global solution<br />for the problem, incorporating the points of view of all members involved in the<br />decision process. The purpose of this model is to generate a richer and more<br />effective way of handling the problem situation.</p><p> </p>}, number={2}, journal={Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management}, author={Morais, Danielle Costa and De Almeida, Adiel Teixeira}, year={2010}, month={May}, pages={27–49} }