Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM): From Paradigm Lost to Paradigm Regained?

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 77-89

  Zeleny, Milan ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

De novo programming; Decision making; Mcdm; Multiple criteria; Optimality; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880064559     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.473     Document Type: Article

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