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A key component in the development of an additive multiattribute value model for selecting the best alternative is obtaining the attribute weights. In this paper, we assume the decision maker's weight information set consists of ranked swing weights, that is, a ranking of the importance of the attribute ranges, and in this context use surrogate weights derived from this ranking. The particular...