Nonlinear programming model integrating different preference structures

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-177

  Xu, Zeshui ^a,b   Cai, Xiaoqiang ^b   Liu, Shousheng ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

General nonlinear programming model; genetic algorithm (GA); large group decision making; preference structures

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; INCOMPLETE FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATION; LARGE GROUPS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; PREFERENCE RELATION; PREFERENCE STRUCTURES;

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 78349309708     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2010.2052601     Document Type: Article

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