ANáLISE DOS DESFILES DE CARNAVAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO SOB A óTICA DO MéTODO MULTICRITéRIO LEXICOGRáFICO

The purpose of the present article is to analyze the judgment of samba schools parades in Rio deJaneiro's Carnival through the lexicographic multicriteria decision aid method. First, this paper makes someconsiderations about the main multicriteria decision aid methods and about methodological structure usedin the judgment of samba schools parades. Then, the decision matrix for the year 2009 is presented and theresults are shown for both ways of judgment: the official one, currently used to rank samba schools; and thealternative one, through the use of lexicographic method. In the conclusion, the results for both methods arediscussed and compared, which will allow us a better comprehension about the use of lexicographic methodand the judgment about the feasibility of its application for this case.