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Superiority and inferiority ranking method
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<p>The superiority and inferiority ranking method (or SIR method) is a <a href="/facts/Multiple-criteria_decision_analysis/IXQLJgBx">multi-criteria decision making</a> <a href="/facts/Scientific_modelling/aNyvIyUQ">model</a> (MCDA) which can handle real <a href="/facts/Data/AUBFN97o">data</a> and provides six different preference structures for the <a href="/facts/System/hmqQ4ASX">system</a> user. MCDM is a sub-discipline of <a href="/facts/Operations_research/H5yJkV5n">operations research</a> that explicitly evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in <a href="/facts/Decision_making/NbJYprSw">decision making</a>, both in daily life and in settings such as business, government and medicine. </p>