A subjective and objective integrated approach to determine attribute weights

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-404

  Ma, Jian ^a   Fan, Zhi Ping ^a   Huang, Li Hua ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attribute weight; Decision theory; Mathematical programming; Multiple attribute decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATTRIBUTE WEIGHTS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING (MADM); TWO-OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING MODELS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0032709416     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00141-6     Document Type: Article

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