Robust and stochastically weighted multiobjective optimization models and reformulations

Operations Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 936-953

  Hu, Jian ^a   Mehrotra, Sanjay ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-EXPERT; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT SET; WEIGHTED SUM;

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84866383103     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1120.1071     Document Type: Article

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