A neural network approach - Decision neural network (DNN) for preference assessment

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Chen, Jian ^a   Lin, Song ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Multiple criteria decision making; Neural networks; Preference assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; DECISION MAKING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION NEURAL NETWORK; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 2442441062     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2003.819703     Document Type: Article

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