A case-based fuzzy multicriteria decision support model for tropical cyclone forecasting

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-324

  Pedro, Jocelyn San ^a   Burstein, Frada ^a   Sharp, Alan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Fuzzy multicriteria decision making; Intelligent decision support; Tropical cyclone prediction

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY CONTROL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CASE-BASED REASONING; FUZZY MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT; TROPICAL CYCLONE PREDICTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 4344627409     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.09.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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