Editing Compromise (section)

{{Short description|Negotiation strategy}}
{{About|settling differences in negotiations|compromises in design and decision making|Trade-off|other uses}}
To '''compromise''' is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their [[demand]]. In [[argument]]s, compromise means finding [[wikt:agreement|agreement]] through [[communication]], through a mutual [[acceptance]] of terms—often involving variations from an original [[goal]] or desires. Defining and finding the best possible compromise is an important problem in fields like [[game theory]] and the [[voting]] system.

Research indicates that suboptimal compromises are often the result of negotiators failing to realize when they have interests that are completely compatible with those of the other party, leading them to settle for suboptimal agreements. Mutually better outcomes can often be found by careful investigation of both parties' interests, especially if done early in negotiations.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Leigh |last2=Hastie |first2=Reid |year=1990 |title=Social perception in negotiation |journal=Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=98–123 |doi=10.1016/0749-5978(90)90048-e}}</ref>

The compromise solution of a multicriteria [[Decision-making|decision making]] or [[multi-criteria decision analysis]] problem that is the closest to the ideal could be determined by the [[VIKOR method]], which provides a maximum utility of the majority, and a minimum individual regret of the opponent.{{clarify|reason=unclear terms: "the majority" of what? "the opponent" of whom? what sorts of "criteria"?|date=July 2023}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Opricovic|first=Serafim|title=A Compromise Solution in Water Resources Planning|journal=Water Resources Management|volume=23|number=8|year=2009|pages=1549–1561|doi=10.1007/s11269-008-9340-y |bibcode=2009WatRM..23.1549O |s2cid=153799255 }}</ref>