Flexible aggregation in multiple attribute decision making: Application to the Kuranda Range Road Upgrade

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Smith, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ENTROPY; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHING;

FLEXIBLE AGGREGATION; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING (OWA) OPERATOR; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING (SAW);

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 29044435391     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720500320775     Document Type: Article

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