RUTA: A framework for assessing and selecting additive value functions on the basis of rank related requirements

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 735-751

  Kadziński, Miosz ^a   Greco, Salvatore ^b   SŁowiński, Roman ^a,c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Additive value function; Multiple criteria ranking; Preference disaggregation; Rank related requirements; UTA like method

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

ADDITIVE VALUE FUNCTIONS; DECISION MAKERS; DISAGGREGATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; MULTIPLE CRITERIA RANKING; PREFERENCE DISAGGREGATION; PREFERENCE INFORMATION; RANK-RELATED REQUIREMENT; RANKING ANALYSIS; UTA-LIKE METHOD;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84868629166     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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