Fuzzy UTASTAR: A method for discovering utility functions from fuzzy data

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 15463-15474

  Patiniotakis, Ioannis ^a   Apostolou, Dimitris ^b   Mentzas, Gregoris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fuzzy linear programming; Fuzzy numbers; Multiple criteria decision making; UTASTAR; Utility functions

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LINEAR PROGRAMMING; FUZZY NUMBERS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; UTASTAR; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 80052038606     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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