A consensus framework for multiple attribute group decision analysis in an evidential reasoning context

Information Fusion

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-35

  Fu, Chao ^a,b,c   Huhns, Michael ^c   Yang, Shanlin ^a,b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus framework; Evidential reasoning approach; Feedback mechanism; Missing assessment; Multiple attribute group decision analysis; Optimization algorithm

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS FRAMEWORK; EVIDENTIAL REASONING APPROACHES; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; MISSING ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 84888307294     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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