An introduction and survey of the evidential reasoning approach for multiple criteria decision analysis

作者：Xu Dong Ling^*

来源：Annals of Operations Research, 2012, 195(1): 163-187.

DOI：10.1007/s10479-011-0945-9

• Multiple criteria decision analysis
• Uncertainty
• Evidential reasoning
• Evidence theory
• Belief structure
• Belief decision matrix

The Evidential Reasoning (ER) approach is a general approach for analyzing multiple criteria decision problems under various types of uncertainty using a unified framework-belief structure. In this paper, the ER approach is surveyed from two aspects: theoretical development and applications. After a brief outline of its development and extension over a twenty year period, the ER approach is outlined with a focus on the links among its various developments. Future research directions in the area are also explored in the survey.

• 出版日期2012-5