Robust evidential reasoning approach with unknown attribute weights

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-20

  Fu, Chao ^a,b   Chin, Kwai Sang ^c  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evidential reasoning approach; Incompatibility among alternatives; Multiple attribute decision making; Robust decision; Unknown attribute weights

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE WEIGHT; EVIDENTIAL REASONING APPROACHES; INCOMPATIBILITY AMONG ALTERNATIVES; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; ROBUST DECISIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84897622335     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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