NAIADE

CORE DEFINITION

Novel Approach to Imprecise Assessment and Decision Environments (NAIADE) is a multi-criteria evaluation method designed for situations where information is imprecise and stakeholders disagree. Criteria values may be expressed as intervals or fuzzy numbers rather than point estimates, which represents uncertainty without forcing false precision. Each stakeholder group supplies its own preferences and weights, and a conflict analysis then characterizes how far apart the groups' positions are, producing a profile of each alternative's performance across viewpoints rather than a single ranking. The method's purpose is to make disagreement visible and identify options multiple parties could accept.