Abstract:
The STEPCLASS method application for multicriteria/multiattribute classification problems with hierarchical structure is under consideration. Two approaches implemented in STEPCLASS for reducing a large-size classification problem to a problem with hierarchical structure – decomposition by attributes and decomposition by classes – are described. The examples of hierarchical structuring with STEPCLASS are given both for ordinal and nominal classification problems.
Keywords:Verbal Decision Analysis, multicriteria/Multiattribute classification, hierarchical structure, large-size classification problem, decomposition by attributes, decomposition by classes.