Q-analysis for modeling and decision making

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-425

  Duckstein, Lucien ^a   Nobe, Steven A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized image analysis; Expert systems; Knowledge base construction; Multicriterion analysis; Q analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SYSTEM THEORY;

COMPUTERIZED IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTICRITERION Q ANALYSIS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031337523     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00308-1     Document Type: Article

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