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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Multiattribute Utility"”.
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Multiattribute utility functions for the deep borehole filter restoration problem
… environments). This dissertation studies multiattribute utility functions for modeling such challenging decision problems using the example of the deep borehole filter restoration problem from the uranium extraction industry. In this problem, the filter of the production borehole (or well) …
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Multiattribute utility analysis of materials selection decisions by Deborah Lee Thurston.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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Visualization impacts on utility functions and multiattribute utility copula approach toward electronic product recovery techniques
… electronic waste can have on the environment. A multiattribute utility copula approach was used in analyzing the behavior of EOL processing activities on the part of an OEM. This decision-making tool was used in order to incorporate the firm’s preferences while accounting for uncertainty with the …
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A multiattribute utility diffusion model : Theory and application to the pre-launch forecasting of automobiles
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1984.
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Optimal class scheduling subject to professors' preferences
This new form of multiattribute utility optimization is based on ordinal as opposed to cardinal utility and is defined from a corresponding integer programming model in operations research which (1) is solved for ordinal cost factors and (2) serves as the problem's theoretical starting point. It is …
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A comparison of multiattribute decision-making techniques using an iterative procedure to derive a convergent criterion
… to: (1) deductively compare five commonly used multiattribute decision making techniques and clarify the meanings of weights and (2) empirically evaluate the effectiveness of the techniques. The five techniques are multiattribute utility theory (MAUT), weighting and rating (WR), the analytic …
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Decision-Based Design of New Products: Electrothermal Swing Adsorption (Esa) System
A normative decision tool in the form of multiattribute utility analysis helps to incorporate desirable trade-offs among product attributes of capital cost, operating cost and environmental impact in a systematic manner. The objective is to improve the overall worth of product for customers. …
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Microcomputer programming package for the assessment of multiattribute value functions
Research into multiattribute utility theory far outweighs current attempts to apply findings, while the need for usable decision techniques continues to increase. Current decision maker - analyst procedures involving decision making sessions and numerous manual calculations are considered to be …
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Screening vulnerabilities in water supply networks : risk analysis of infrastructure systems
… the resources. We then proceed to compute the disutility of each scenario using multiattribute utility theory. The impact of losing service to a given number of users is evaluated using a value tree that reflects the perceptions and values of the decision maker and the relevant stakeholders. These …
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Using Stranded Assets Analysis to Inform Distributed Incremental System Design
… analysis; and, that there are limitation to multiattribute utility analysis when the market consists of a network of producers. Although using cooperative information structure was investigated, results were inconclusive. Several alternatives to utility theory were used were promising in …
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Analysis of a process and computer user interface for data analytics results for patient discharge decision making
… decision based approach to determining a multiattribute utility function is formulated and assessed to compare alternative computer/user interface designs. Then, the same approach is taken to assess the healthcare worker’s willingness to make tradeoffs under uncertainty when making the …
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Impediments to Effective Safety Risk Assessment of Safety Critical Systems: An Insight into SRM Processes and Expert Aggregation
… Normative Decision Analysis tools such as Utility Theory and Multi-attribute Utility Theory were proposed in the first and second approaches. The third approach proposes the use of a Multi-Objective Optimization technique - Pareto Analysis. For problems in Expert Aggregation, behavioral and …
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Multi-objective control and coordination of multi-agent systems
… is developed based on copula structures from multiattribute decision theory. Systematic and intuitive methods for determining the tradeoffs between multiple objectives are presented and applied to the design of multi-agent control laws. Using over-approximations of the maximum function, …
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ΕΝΑ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑ ΠΟΛΥΚΡΙΤΗΡΙΟΥ ΓΡΑΜΜΙΚΟΥ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΥ
… MAKER TO REACH EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS OF MAXIMAL UTILITY WITHIN SATISFACTORY LEVELS FOR THE OBJECTIVE VALUES. THE UTILITY MODEL OF THE DECISION MAKER IS ASSESSED BY MEANS OF ORDINAL REGRESSION AS AN ADDITIVE, PIECEWISE-LINEAR AND CONCAVE UTILITY FUNCTION. THE DETERMINATION OF SOLUTIONS OF MAXIMAL …