A new method for elicitation of criteria weights in additive models: Flexible and interactive tradeoff

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 179-191

  De Almeida, Adiel Teixeira ^a   De Almeida, Jonatas Araujo ^a   Costa, Ana Paula Cabral Seixas ^a   De Almeida Filho, Adiel Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexible elicitation; Interactive elicitation; MAVT additive model; Multiple criteria analysis; Tradeoff elicitation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ADDITIVE MODELS; FLEXIBLE ELICITATION; INTERACTIVE ELICITATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; TRADEOFF ELICITATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84948808290     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.08.058     Document Type: Article

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