Outranking under uncertainty using scenarios

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-108

  Durbach, Ian N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Multi criteria; Outranking; Scenarios; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE EVALUATION; MULTI-CRITERIA; OUTRANKING; OUTRANKING METHODS; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES; SCENARIO APPROACH; SCENARIOS; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 84882862970     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.041     Document Type: Article

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