Fuzzy optimality based decision making under imperfect information without utility

Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-372

  Aliev, Rafik A ^a   Pedrycz, Witold ^b,c   Alizadeh, Akif V ^d   Huseynov, Oleg H ^d  

^a AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL AND INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d Azerbaijan Association of Zadeh's Legacy   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Degree of optimality; Fuzzy k optimality; Imprecise probabilities

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; IMPERFECT INFORMATION; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OPTIMALITY; PARETO-OPTIMAL SETS; PARETO-OPTIMALITY; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; VECTORS;

PARETO PRINCIPLE;

EID: 84888203540     PISSN: 15684539     EISSN: 15732908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10700-013-9160-2     Document Type: Article

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