The Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence: An alternative approach to multicriteria decision modelling

Omega

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-50

  Beynon, Malcolm ^a   Curry, Bruce ^a   Morgan, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AHP; Belief functions; Dempster Shafer theory; Evidence theory; Multicriteria decision making; Probabilities

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BELIEF FUNCTION; DECISION MODELING; DEMPSTER; DEMPSTER-SHAFER; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE THEORIES; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

EID: 0034134990     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(99)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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