Probabilistic AHP and TOPSIS for multi-attribute decision-making under uncertainty

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lafleur, Jarret M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN ATTRIBUTES; DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGNING COMPLEX; DETERMINISTIC TECHNIQUE; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LAUNCH VEHICLE SELECTION; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGY; SATELLITE ORBIT; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS;

DESIGN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAUNCH VEHICLES; LAUNCHING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VISUALIZATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79955777688     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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