A systematic procedure to obtain a preferable and robust ranking of units

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1012-1025

  Franklin Liu, Fuh Hwa ^a   Peng, Hao Hsuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Common set of weights; Comprehensive score; Ranking; Virtual weights restrictions

Indexed keywords

COMMON SET OF WEIGHTS; COMPREHENSIVE SCORE; FEASIBLE REGIONS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; PERFORMANCE INDICES; RANKING; STATISTICAL RANKINGS; SUBJECTIVE PREFERENCES; SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES; VIRTUAL WEIGHTS RESTRICTIONS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 54449088769     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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