An integrated artificial neural network-genetic algorithm clustering ensemble for performance assessment of decision making units

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-245

  Azadeh, A ^a   Saberi, M ^b   Anvari, M ^c   Mohamadi, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TAFRESH UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Decision making units; Genetic algorithm; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLUSTERING ENSEMBLE; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; CONSTANT RETURN TO SCALE; CONVENTIONAL ALGORITHMS; CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; FRONTIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; GA ALGORITHM; INPUT-OUTPUT; ITS EFFICIENCIES; NON-PARAMETRIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETURN TO SCALE; STATISTICAL NOISE; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79958863038     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-009-0284-8     Document Type: Article

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