Solving multiple objective programming problems using feed-forward artificial neural networks: The interactive FFANN procedure

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 835-849

  Sun, Minghe ^a   Stam, Antonie ^a   Steuer, Ralph E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Feed forward Artificial Neural Networks; Interactive Procedures; Multiple Criteria Decision Making; Multiple Objective Programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FEEDFORWARD ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; INTERACTIVE PROCEDURES; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING;

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0030167809     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.6.835     Document Type: Article

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