A model for ordinally constructing additive objective functions

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 476-512

  Tangian, Andranik ^a  

^a Wirtschafts und Sozialwissenschaftliche Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive objective function; Additive utility; Decision support systems; Multiple criteria analysis; Multiple objective programming

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; FUNCTIONS; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

ADDITIVE OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; ADDITIVE UTILITY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 3042816322     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00413-2     Document Type: Article

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