Preference disaggregation: 20 Years of MCDA experience

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-245

  Jacquet Lagrèze, Eric ^a   Siskos, Yannis ^b  

^a Eurodecision   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GOAL PROGRAMMING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-AID (MCDA) SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035314048     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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