Visualization of multi-algorithm clustering for better economic decisions - The case of car pricing

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-50

  Bittmann, Ran M ^a   Gelbard, Roy ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Decision making; Decision support system; Multi algorithm voting; Pricing; Visualization techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VISUALIZATION;

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC DECISIONS; HUMAN RESOURCES; MULTI-ALGORITHM-VOTING; PRICING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 63049105035     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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