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The SIMRAND methodology: Theory and application for the simulation of research and development projects [PDF]

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A research and development (R&D) project often involves a number of decisions that must be made concerning which subset of systems or tasks are to be undertaken to achieve the goal of the R&D project.
Miles, R. F., Jr.
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Thermal power systems small power systems applications project. Decision analysis for evaluating and ranking small solar thermal power system technologies. Volume 1: A brief introduction to multiattribute decision analysis [PDF]

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The principal concepts of the Keeney and Raiffa approach to multiattribute decision analysis are described. Topics discussed include the concepts of decision alternatives, outcomes, objectives, attributes and their states, attribute utility functions ...
Feinberg, A., Miles, R. F., Jr.
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Local water markets for irrigation in southern Spain: A multicriteria approach [PDF]

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Spanish authorities have recently approved a new legislative framework for the creation of local water markets to improve allocative efficiency for this scarce resource. This paper analyses the potential impacts of the policy.
Arriaza Balmon, Manuel   +2 more
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Naturalistic multiattribute choice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We study how people evaluate and aggregate the attributes of naturalistic choice objects, such as movies and food items. Our approach applies theories of object representation in semantic memory research to large-scale crowd-sourced data, to recover ...
Bhatia, Sudeep, Stewart, Neil
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A Class of Methods for Evaluating Multiattribute Utilities [PDF]

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A state, for instance a health state, is characterized by a number of attributes to each of which a level is assigned. A specific collection of numerical values, for instance utilities, for all possible states is called a situation.
Peters,Hans, Zank,H.
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Spaceborne power systems preference analyses. Volume 2: Decision analysis [PDF]

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Sixteen alternative spaceborne nuclear power system concepts were ranked using multiattribute decision analysis. The purpose of the ranking was to identify promising concepts for further technology development and the issues associated with such ...
Feinberg, A.   +2 more
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Multi crteria decision making and its applications : a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper presents current techniques used in Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and their applications. Two basic approaches for MCDM, namely Artificial Intelligence MCDM (AIMCDM) and Classical MCDM (CMCDM) are discussed and investigated.
Alias, Mohamad Ashari   +2 more
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A MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICE IN THE CALIFORNIA WILD RICE INDUSTRY [PDF]

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Technological choice and competitive strategy issues are reviewed and then a framework for choosing between two competing technologies is proposed.The two competing technologies differ in their ability to store and process wild rice over a marketing year.
Ahern, James, Noel, Jay E.
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