Link function selection in stochastic multicriteria decision making models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-100

  Hahn, Eugene D ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Bayesian inference; Multivariate statistics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 32544437172     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.09.041     Document Type: Article

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