Evidential reasoning-based nonlinear programming model for MCDA under fuzzy weights and utilities

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-58

  Zhou, Mi ^a   Liu, Xin Bao ^a   Yang, Jian Bo ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELIEF DEGREES; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; FUZZY JUDGMENT; FUZZY UTILITIES; FUZZY WEIGHT; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; HADAMARD; JUDGMENT MATRIX; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PROGRAMMING MODELS; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE DATA; UNCERTAIN BELIEFS;

DECISION THEORY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 73849119702     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: 1098111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.20387     Document Type: Article

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