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Part V - Multiattribute Utility Functions without Preference or Value Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Ali E. Abbas
Ali E. Abbas
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Foundations of Multiattribute Utility , pp. 397 - 548
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Abbas, A. E. 2003a. An entropy approach for utility assignment in decision analysis. AIP Conference Proceedings 659, 328; doi: 10.1063/1.1570550CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Abbas, A. E and Howard, R. A.. 2005. Attribute dominance utility. Decision Analysis 2(4): 185–206.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E and Sun, Z.. 2015. Multiattribute utility functions satisfying mutual preferential independence. Operations Research 63(3): 378–393.Google Scholar
Keeney, R. and Raiffa, H.. 1976. Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs. John Wiley, New York.Google Scholar

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Abbas, A. E. 2005. Bidirectional Utility Diagrams. Technical Report. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UILU-ENG-2005–3001.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2009. From Bayes’ nets to utility nets. Proceedings of the 29th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. Oxford, MI, July 5–10. AIP conference proceedings 1193, pp. 3–12.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011a. General decompositions of multiattribute utility functions. Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis 17(1, 2): 37–59.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011b. The multiattribute utility tree. Decision Analysis 8(3): 180–205.Google Scholar

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Abbas, A. E. 2005. Bidirectional Utility Diagrams. Technical Report. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UILU-ENG-2005–3001.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2009. From Bayes’ nets to utility nets. Proceedings of the 29th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. Oxford, MI, July 5–10. AIP conference proceedings 1193, pp. 3–12.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011a. General decompositions of multiattribute utility functions. Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis 17(1, 2): 37–59.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011b. The multiattribute utility tree. Decision Analysis 8(3): 180–205.Google Scholar
Bell, D. E. 1979. Multiattribute utility functions: Decompositions using interpolation. Management Science 25(2): 208–224.Google Scholar
Keeney, R and Raiffa, H.. 1976. Decisions with Multiple Objectives. John Wiley, New York.Google Scholar

Additional Readings

Abbas, A. E. 2005. Bidirectional Utility Diagrams. Technical Report. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UILU-ENG-2005–3001.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2009. From Bayes’ nets to utility nets. Proceedings of the 29th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. Oxford, MI, July 5–10. AIP conference proceedings 1193, pp. 3–12.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011a. General decompositions of multiattribute utility functions. Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis 17(1, 2): 37–59.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011b. The multiattribute utility tree. Decision Analysis 8(3): 180–205.Google Scholar

Additional Readings

Abbas, A. E. 2005. Bidirectional Utility Diagrams. Technical Report. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UILU-ENG-2005–3001.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2009. From Bayes’ nets to utility nets. Proceedings of the 29th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. Oxford, MI, July 5–10. AIP conference proceedings 1193, pp. 3–12.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011a. General decompositions of multiattribute utility functions. Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis 17(1, 2): 37–59.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011b. The multiattribute utility tree. Decision Analysis 8(3): 180–205.Google Scholar
Keeney, R and H. Raiffa. 1976. Decisions with Multiple Objectives. John Wiley, New York.Google Scholar

Additional Readings

Abbas, A. E. 2010. General decompositions of multiattribute utility functions with partial utility independence. Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis 17(1): 37–59.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. 2011. The multiattribute utility tree. Decision Analysis 8(3): 180–205.Google Scholar
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Abbas, A. E. and Bell, D. E.. 2011. One-switch independence for multiattribute utility functions. Operations Research 59(3): 764–771.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. and Bell, D. E.. 2012. One-switch conditions for multiattribute utility functions. Operations Research 60(5): 1199–1212.Google Scholar
Abbas, A. E. and Howard, R. A.. 2005. Attribute dominance utility. Decision Analysis 2(4): 185–206.Google Scholar
Bell, D. E. 1988. One-switch utility functions and a measure of risk. Management Science 34: 1416–1424.Google Scholar
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