Multiple criteria classification and analysis

该研究计划的总体目标是为管理人员提供有效的技术，以应用他们的专业知识来组织和解释大型数据集。该计划将解决从理论（代表偏好）到算法（组织实体）到实践（理解，操纵和利用数据）的问题。它将扩大到设计和发展决策支助系统，这将导致环境和基础设施管理的改善，更广泛地说，导致作出更知情和更敏感的决定。

The overall aim of this research program is to provide managers with efficient techniques to apply their expertise to organize and interpret large data sets. The program will address issues ranging from theory (representing preferences) through algorithms (organizing entities) to practice (understanding, manipulating, and utilizing data). It will extend to the design and development of decision support systems, which should result in improvements in environmental and infrastructure management and, more generally, in better informed and more responsive decisions.