On the evidential reasoning algorithm for multiple attribute decision analysis under uncertainty

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-304

  Yang, Jian Bo ^a   Xu, Dong Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evidential reasoning; Multiple attribute decision analysis (MADA); Uncertainty; Utility interval

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; EVIDENTIAL REASONING ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT NORMALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0036589499     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2002.802746     Document Type: Article

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