Multicriteria sorting using a valued indifference relation under a preference disaggregation paradigm

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 602-609

  Fernandez, Eduardo ^a   Navarro, Jorge ^a   Bernal, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^b SandP Capital IQ   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary multiobjective optimization; Fuzzy outranking relations; Multicriteria classification; Parameter elicitation

Indexed keywords

DECISION AGENTS; DISAGGREGATION; EVOLUTIONARY MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; FUZZY OUTRANKING RELATIONS; MULTI CRITERION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISIONS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MULTICRITERIA CLASSIFICATION; PARAMETER ELICITATION; PARAMETER VALUES; PREFERENCE RELATIONS; REFERENCE SETS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 63349087331     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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