Rank-based modelling of preferences in multi-criteria decision making

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 721-733

  Leskinen, Pekka ^a   Kangas, Annika S ^b   Kangas, Jyrki ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UPM Kymmene Forest   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ordinal and cardinal utility; Regression; Statistical inference; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ORDINAL AND CARDINAL UTILITY; REGRESSION; STATISTICAL INTERFERENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 2942615458     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00384-9     Document Type: Article

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