The PROMETHEE Blog

As of today, in just less than one year…

Visual PROMETHEE has been downloaded 2482 times.

The Bibliographical Database has been downloaded 582 times.

The Visual PROMETHEE Manual has been downloaded… 18 times (in one week!)

Thanks to all of you!

More than 400… and still growing. Please download the latest version of the database at:

biblio.promethee-gaia.net

And don’t forget to send me your contributions at:

bmaresc@ulb.ac.be

Thank you very much.

Bertrand

Version 0.99.4 has just been uploaded.

It contains the following improvements:

• A Help/Manual is available. It is a first draft but most information related to the user interface, dialogs and windows is already available.
• A “Locate” option has been added to several local menus to facilitate the location of actions on graphics.

You can download the last version from

http://software.promethee-gaia.net

We are very close to 400 references about the PROMETHEE and GAIA methods.

When I was a young student back in 1982, I learned about a new approach to decision aid. It was a method, PROMETHEE, and it was a man, Jean-Pierre Brans. It was awesome. It still is after 30 years.

Thanks to all the authors.

Bertrand Mareschal

It keeps growing. Please download the latest version of the database at:

biblio.promethee-gaia.net

And don’t forget to send me your new contributions at:

bmaresc@ulb.ac.be

Thank you very much.

Bertrand

The first Preview Release of Visual PROMETHEE was made available for download in May 2011, less than 1 year from now.

Up to yesterday April 30, 2012, Visual PROMETHEE has been downloaded 2182 times according to the www.promethee-gaia.net web site statistics (downloads from www.promethee-gaia.com are not accounted for).

In April 2012, there were 308 downloads of the last beta versions.

This month I am preparing the 1.0 version.

Thank you very much for your support.

Bertrand

There has been a problem with the previous release. There was a pesky bug related to qualitative scale management. I have just crushed it and uploaded a new version.

As a bonus, “Save” and “Save As” functions are now working as expected.

Please upgrade to this new version.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

Bertrand

The last beta version of Visual PROMETHEE is now available as a free download at:

http://software.promethee-gaia.net

It includes the following new features:

• The possibility to define several (up to 5) weight presets for a given data file. It is now easy to compare different weight distributions.
• Up to 5 different windows layouts can be saved for organizing your analyses.
• A weighing assistant is available to help you to better assess the weights in the criteria hierarchy.
• Improved Walking Weights: “Update” and “Set equal” buttons are now functional.
• New icons, new menu organization, status bar, and… bug fixes!

This is the latest major beta release before the 1.0 release.

I am back from Tarragona where I made a presentation of Visual PROMETHEE last Friday. It was Friday 13th… but everything went smoothly and the MCDA expert community has welcomed the latest PROMETHEE-based software.

Next step… the GDN 2012 Conference in Recife next month, where the enhanced group decision capabilities of Visual PROMETHEE will be introduced. I will also make a presentation of GDSS PROMETHEE features and applications together with my colleagues Cathy Macharis (VUB) and Jean-Philippe Waaub (UQAM).

Version 0.98 is now available as a free download at:

http://software.promethee-gaia.net

This new release includes the following features:

• PROMETHEE V implementation: multiple selection under constraints using a 0-1 linear programming model.
• Zoom available in the GAIA display.
• New Hierarchy Assistant to help in defining the criteria hierarchy. This one is not fully functional yet as I am not completely satisfied with the current structure. Please send me your advice or suggestions.
• Some bug fixes as well

Bertrand