Utilisation of ANPSort for sorting alternative with interdependent criteria illustrated through a researcher’s classification problem in an academic context

Six problem formulations exist in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA): choice, sorting, ranking, description, elimination and design problems. MCDA methods are generally developed for choice or ranking problems. Recently, several methods have been adapted for sorting problems. However, they all assume that the criteria are independent, which is often not the case practically in real life. Therefore, this paper proposes a new sorting...