Entropy in multiattribute problems

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-70

  Jessop, Alan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEA; Entropy; Multiattribute value analysis; Weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002186932     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1360(199903)8:2<61::AID-MCDA230>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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