ACUTA: A novel method for eliciting additive value functions on the basis of holistic preference statements

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-444

  Bous, Géraldine ^a   Fortemps, Philippe ^a   Glineur, François ^b   Pirlot, Marc ^a  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Additive utility model; Aggregation disaggregation; Analytic center of a polyhedron; Learning based procedure; Multiple criteria decision analysis; UTA method

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC CENTER; DISAGGREGATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; UTA METHOD; UTILITY MODEL;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 77950369160     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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