Integration of correlations with standard deviations for determining attribute weights in multiple attribute decision making

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a   Luo, Ying ^b  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative ranking; Attribute weights; Correlation coefficient; Global sensitivity analysis; Multiple attribute decision making; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RANKING; ATTRIBUTE WEIGHTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; STANDARD DEVIATION;

AVIONICS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); INTEGRATED CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 70350619909     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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