Recent patents using group decision support systems: A short review

Recent Patents on Computer Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Daher, Suzana F D ^a   de Almeida, Adiel T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Group decision models; Group decision support systems (gdss); Group decision systems; Multicriteria decision methods (mcdm); Multicriteria decision support systems; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MODELS; GROUP DECISION; GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; ONLINE PATENT DATABASE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MODELS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651591503     PISSN: 18744796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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