A compromise weight for multi-criteria group decision making with individual preference

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 625-634

  Wei, Q ^a   Yan, H ^b   Ma, J ^c   Fan, Z ^d  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compromise weight; Group decision making; Preference order

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

MULTI-CRITERIA GROUP DECISION MAKING PROCESS; PREFERENCE ORDERS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033750007     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600911     Document Type: Article

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