Interactive multiple objective programming using Tchebycheff programs and artificial neural networks

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 601-620

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Interactive procedure; Multiple criteria decision making; Multiple objective programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MULTIPROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPLEX MAPPING; INTERACTIVE MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; TCHEBYCHEFF PROGRAMS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0034097067     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(99)00108-2     Document Type: Article

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