Clustering and Group Selection of Multiple Criteria Alternatives with Application to Space-Based Networks

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-51

  Malakooti, Behnam ^a   Yang, Ziyong ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Ziniz   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace applications; Group technology; Grouping; Interactive multiple objective optimization; Multiple criteria alternatives; Multiple criteria decision making; Neural networks; Ranking; Screening

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SCREENING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

GROUPING; INTERACTIVE MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ALTERNATIVES; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RANKING;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0742272572     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2003.811114     Document Type: Article

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