On the analytic representation of the Leximin ordering and its application to flexible constraint propagation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 176-192

  Yager, Ronald R ^a  

^a MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Constraint propagation; Fuzzy sets; Leximin; Mathematical programming; OWA operators

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUZZY SETS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FLEXIBLE CONSTRAINT PROPAGATION; LEXIMIN METHOD; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING (OWA) OPERATOR;

CONSTRAINT THEORY;

EID: 0031249311     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00217-2     Document Type: Article

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