Decision support system and multi-criteria decision aid: A state of the art and perspectives

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 101-117

  Razmak, Jamil ^a   Aouni, Belaid ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Multi criteria decision aid; Multi objective programming; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924801491     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.1530     Document Type: Article

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