A Web-based decision support system with ELECTRE III for a personalised ranking of British universities

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 488-497

  Giannoulis, Christos ^a   Ishizaka, Alessio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELECTRE III; Multi criteria decision method; University rankings

Indexed keywords

BRITISH UNIVERSITY; ELECTRE III; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PERSONAL PREFERENCES; RANKING PROCESS; WEB SYSTEM; WEB-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 72249112904     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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