Structure of multi-criteria decision-making

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1156-1168

  Brugha, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Methodology; Multi objective; Philosophy; Problem structuring; Process of OR

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTRACTS; DECISION THEORY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DISTRIBUTED DECISIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (MCDM); NOMOLOGY; PROBLEM STRUCTURING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 7544228268     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601777     Document Type: Article

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