Analysis of hierarchical multicriterial decision making problems using methods of criteria importance theory

The paper proposes decision rules that allow comparing alternatives by preference for different cases of information regarding criteria importance and growth of preferences along criteria scale. These rules work within the framework of the new model of decision making situation with criteria forming a multi-level structure. This model was previously developed by the authors. The created methodology is free from fundamental drawbacks that cannot be avoided in principle, which are intrinsic to the analytic hierarchy process and all other known methods of problem solving with hierarchical structure.