Incremental analysis for MCDM with an application to group TOPSIS

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 720-734

  Shih, Hsu Shih ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratio; Engineering economy; Incremental analysis; Multi criteria analysis; Preference aggregation; Ratio scale; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENGINEERING ECONOMY; INCREMENTAL ANALYSIS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE AGGREGATION; RATIO SCALE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348950938     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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