On solving stochastic MADM problems

Authors

  • Ion Văduva University of Bucharest, Faculty of Maths and Computer Science, Bucharest, Romania
  • Cornel Resteanu National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, Bucharest, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/YJOR0901075V

Keywords:

Multiple attribute decision making, stochastic MADM problems, stochastic entries, entropy, informational energy

Abstract

The paper examines a MADM problem with stochastic attributes. The transformation of a stochastic MADM problem into a cardinal problem is done by the standardization of the probability distribution of each attribute X and calculating the information of each attribute as Shannon's entropy or Onicescu's informational energy. Some well known (performant) methods to solve a cardinal MADM problem are presented and a method for combining results of several methods to give a final MADM solution is discussed.

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Published

2009-03-01

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2009)

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Research Articles

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