Constructing a quasi-concave quadratic objective function from interviewing a decision maker

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 608-640

  Tangian, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Multiple criteria analysis; Nonlinear programming; Polynomial regression in several variables; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

MONOTONICITY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037120627     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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