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MENTAL MODEL · M10817

ELECTRE

ELECTRE
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Elimination: exclude alternatives that are clearly inferior. Dominance relation: one alternative is superior to another on most criteria.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

Decision-making under incomparability. Handle situations where alternatives cannot be completely ranked, and screen them through dominance relations.

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Anchor fast decisions

Tversky's Elimination by Aspects: set thresholds for each attribute one by one; alternatives that fail to meet the threshold on that attribute are eliminated entirely, then move to the next attribute and continue until only one remains; this is a human actual (non-compensatory) decision model.

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