Intelligent decision system for self-assessment

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-60

  Xu, Dong Ling ^a   Yang, Jian Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business excellence; Decision support system; MCDA; Quality award; Self assessment; The evidential reasoning approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645497364     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.343     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Buchanan, BG., Shortliffe, EH., 1984. Rule-Based Expert Systems. Addison-Wesley: Reading, MA.
2. Belton, V., Stewart, TJ., 2002. Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis-An Integrated Approach. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, ISBN 0-7923-7505-X.
3. Belton, V., 1986. Comparison of the analytic hierarchy process and a simple multi-attribute value function. European Journal of Operational Research 26: 7-21.
4. Dale, BG., Lascelles, DM., 1997. Total quality management adoption: revisiting the levels. The TQM Magazine 7(6): 418-428.
5. Dyer, JS., Fishburn, PC., Steuer, RE., Wallenius, J., Zionts, S., 1992. Multiple criteria decision making, multiattribute utility theory: the next ten years. Management Science 38(5): 645-654.
6. EFQM. 1999. The EFQM Excellence Model. European Foundation for Quality Management: Brussels.
7. EFQM. 1996. The European Quality Award Application Brochure. European Foundation for Quality Management: Brussels.
8. Hwang, H., Yoon, K., 1981. Multiple Attribute Decision Making-Methods and Applications. Springer: New York.
9. Jacquet-Lagreze, E., Siskos, J., 1982. Assessing a set of additive utility functions for multicriteria decision making, the UTA method. European Journal of Operational Research 10: 151-164.
10. Labein. 2001. Premie Assessment Guide. Fundacion Labein, Parque Tecnologico, ED. 101, Zamudio (Bizkaia), Spain.
11. Lopez de Mantaras, R., 1990. Approximate Reasoning Models. Ellis Horwood Limited: Chichester, England.
12. Porter, L., Tanner, J., 1998. Assessing Business Excellence. Butterworth-Heinmann: London.
13. Saaty, TL., 1988. The Analytic Hierarchy Process. University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh.
14. Sen, P., Yang, JB., 1995. An investigation into the influence of preference modelling in ship design with multiple objectives. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Mobile Units, Seoul, Korea, 17-22 September.
15. Siow, CHR., Yang, JB., Dale, BG., 2001. A new modelling framework for organisational self-assessment: development and application. Quality Management Journal 8(4): 34-47.
16. Sonmez, M., Yang, JB., Holt, GD., 2001. Addressing the contractor selection problem using an evidential reasoning approach. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 8(3): 198-210.
17. Sonmez, M., Graham, G., Yang, JB., Holt, GD., 2002. Applying the evidential reasoning approach to pre-qualifying construction contractors. Journal of Management in Engineering 18(3): 111-119.
18. Sonmez, M., 2002. Investigation into utility-based methods and evidential reasoning approach for complex decision analysis. Ph.D. Thesis, Manchester School of Management, UMIST.
19. Stewart, TJ., 1992. A critical survey on the status of multiple criteria decision making theory and practice. OMEGA International Journal of Management Science 20(5-6): 569-586.
20. UKEF. 2000. Business Excellence Through Action (BETA TM). UK Excellence Foundation.
21. van der Wiele, T., Williams, ART., Kolb, F., Dale, BG., 1995. Assessor training for the European Quality Award. Quality World Technical Supplement, March: 12-18.
22. Wang, J., Yang, JB., Sen, P., 1996. Multi-person and multi-attribute design evaluations using evidential reasoning based on subjective safety and cost analysis. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 52: 113-127.
23. Wang, J., Yang, JB., Sen, P., 1995. Safety analysis and synthesis using fuzzy sets and evidential reasoning. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 47(2): 103-11.
24. Xu, DL., McCarthy, G., Yang, JB., Greatbanks, R., 2003. Computer supported self-assessment of business innovative capability. Decision Support Systems, submitted.
25. Xu, DL., Yang, JB., 2001. Introduction to multi-criteria decision making and the evidential reasoning approach. Working Paper Series No. 0106, Manchester School of Management, University of Manchester Institute and Technology, ISBN: 1 86115 111 X, May.
26. Yang, JB., Xu, DL., 2002a. On the evidential reasoning algorithm for multiple attribute decision analysis under uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans 32(3): 289-304.
27. Yang, JB., Xu, DL., 2002b. Nonlinear information aggregation via evidential reasoning in multiple attribute decision analysis under uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans 32(3): 376-393.
28. Yang, JB., 2001. Rule and utility based evidential reasoning approach for multiple attribute decision analysis under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research 131(1): 31-61.
29. Yang, JB., Dale, BG., Siow, CHR., 2001. Self-assessment of excellence: an application of the evidential reasoning approach. International Journal of Production Research 39(16): 3789-381.
30. Yang, JB., Xu, DL., 2000. Intelligent Decision System via Evidential Reasoning. Version 1.1. Cheshire, England.
31. Yang, JB., Xu, DL., 1998. Knowledge based executive car evaluation using the evidential reasoning approach. In Advances in Manufacturing Technology, vol. XII, Baines, Taleb-Bendiab, Zhao (eds). Professional Engineering Publishing: London;741-749.
32. Yang, JB., Sen, P., 1996. Preference modelling by estimating local utility functions for multiobjective optimisation. European Journal of Operational Research 95(1): 115-138.
33. Yang, JB., Sen, P., 1994. A general multi-level evaluation process for hybrid MADM with uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 24(10): 1458-1473.
34. Yang, JB., Singh, MG., 1994. An evidential reasoning approach for multiple attribute decision making with uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 24(1): 1-18.
35. Zhang, ZJ., Yang, JB., Xu, DL., 1989. A hierarchical analysis model for multiobjective decision making. In Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Man-Machine System ((Selected Papers from the 4th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Conference, Xian, P.R. China, September 1989) Pergamon: Oxford, UK;13-18 (1990)).