IMP: A decision aid for multiattribute evaluation using imprecise weight estimates

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-29

  Jessop, Alan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group decisions; Multicriteria; Probability; Screening; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902303568     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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