A Compact Review of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Uncertainty Techniques

Abstract

Multiple criteria decision analysis is widely used in a variety of fields, and offers a normative technique to justification of a decision. In most real decisions, uncertainty will be present, and the techniques for dealing with uncertainty are varied and depend on the properties of the decision to be made. This work summarizes a variety of relevant techniques and provides some commentary about their history, intended applications, strengths, and weaknesses. This work is intended to introduce the techniques and provide the novice with an overview of some available methods. For each of the techniques presented, a wealth of sources are cited for more detailed study so that a chosen method may be applied to a decision of interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA582195

Entities

People

  • Eric Spero
  • John W. Gerdes

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Classification
  • Consistency
  • Data Mining
  • Decision Theory
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Fuzzy Sets
  • Health Care
  • Hierarchies
  • Logic
  • Military Research
  • Ratings
  • Set Theory
  • Uncertainty

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