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Two ways to handle dependent uncertainties in multi-criteria decision problems☆
2009
Abstract We consider multi-criteria group decision-making problems, where the decision makers (DMs) want to identify their most preferred alternative(s) based on uncertain or inaccurate criteria measurements. In many real-life problems the uncertainties may be dependent. In this paper, we focus on multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) problems where the criteria and their uncertainties are computed using a stochastic simulation model. The model is based on decision variables and stochastic parameters with given distributions. The simulation model determines for the criteria a joint probability distribution, which quantifies the uncertainties and their dependencies. We present and compare two…
The role of internal resources in the competitive positioning of Sicilian wine cooperatives
2019
The paper is an original article that uses accounting frameworks to determine what creates a competitive advantage in a cooperative business model. In particular, it investigates the influence of tangible, intangible and financial resources on the business performance of cooperatives operating in the Sicilian wine industry, with the RBV of the firms as a theoretical background. Using a linear regression model, our results show that tangible and financial resources are a source of a sustained competitive advantage. This study fills the gap existing in the strategic management literature related to the role of resources, tangible and intangible, in the cooperative system, providing both theor…
Fundamentals on Decision-Making Behavior
2011
This introductory chapter describes the fundamentals for later analysis, modeling and discussion of choice tasks and behavior. Figure 2.1 depicts the basic elements of the choice process which are relevant for the present work. On the left hand side, we see the general problem the decision makers are faced with: the choice task. Generally speaking, a choice task defines the problem of choosing the preferred out of a discrete and finite set of alternatives. The decision makers’ preferences determine what the preferred alternative is. Thus, in Sect. 2.1, we define both choice tasks and preferences.
Comparative evaluation of the effect of the substrate thickness and inherent process defects on the static and fatigue performance of FSW and adhesiv…
2021
Abstract This work aims at evaluating the mechanical performance of joints in an AA6016 alloy, manufactured by means of two alternative processes: friction stir welding and adhesive bonding. Given its wide use in industrial fields such as automotive and aeronautics, an overlap configuration of joints was selected for the study, and a specific method based on the overlap length evaluation has been developed to allow comparisons among the cases. Two substrate thicknesses are considered in order to vary the overall joint stiffness, and the effect of such geometrical parameter on the mechanical behavior of the joined system is experimentally investigated. The experimental findings highlight tha…
Management and interaction with multimodal information content
2010
[Chbeir, Richard] Univ Bourgogne, CNRS, LE2I, Dept Comp Sci, F-21000 Dijon, France. [Coninx, Karin] Univ Hasselt, Expertise Ctr Digital Media EDM, BE-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Ferri, Fernando; Grifoni, Patrizia] CNR, Inst Res Populat & Social Policies, Rome, Italy.
Quasi order, pseudo order and not order
1995
This study, after having presented the structure of total semi-order and that of pseudo-order one, presents a new preference structure called non order. This one generalizes both the semi-order structure and the pseudo-order one. The details analysis are based on the usual concepts of the relationnal approach of preference modelling and on some new concepts and principles which fit the imprecise context. These new principles are : imprecise discriminant power, imprecise transitivity, imprecise intransitivity and generalized limited comparability. The new concepts are : preference relationnal constituent and preference relationnal state.
Distribution of power and social utility under nonadditive aggregation rules
1992
In this paper, we try first to shift the problem onto the agents. We want actually to consider some methods for passing from coalitions to lotteries over coalitions. These methods are associated with a function that could correspond to a social utility function. It gives the level of satisfaction coming from the anticipated "consumption" of a subset of alternatives (goods, candidates,..) by a coalition. Second, we want to define the distributions of power regardless of those two-element feasible sets which characterize preferences in basic models on one side, and we try to exhibit a theoretical relation between the basic Barberà & Sonnenschein’s model and ours thanks to the Choice Axiom of …
De l'effet d'imprécision et du paradoxe de la non ponctualité des seuils vers la définition de quelques concepts et principes de modélisation des pré…
1994
(EN) This survey deals with conceptual and theoritical basis of imprecise preference modelling. From the establishment of non-punctuality of the imprecise preference threshold, imprecise discrimination power is set. This involves that the modelling preference relation tool is composite. Which allows a generalization of the limited comparability principle and an introduction of new concepts which adapt to this theoritical framework.(FR) Ce travail pose les fondements conceptuels et théoriques de la modélisation des préférences imprécises. A partir du constat de non ponctualité des seuils de préférence, il pose le principe du pouvoir discriminant imprécis. Il en résulte que l'outil relationne…
Théorie de système et séries temporelles
1994
The aim of this paper is to present a different representation of state space models, (innovation state space representation) which is relatively new and apparently unknown in the economics and econometrics literature and to describe some of its properties. state space representation is a very flexible form for time series and the approach taken in this paper therefore allows a broad class of models it does not impose a priori the decomposition of data series into trend and cycle
Continuous optimal control sensitivity analysis with AD
2000
In order to apply a parametric method to a minimum time control problem in celestial mechanics, a sensitivity analysis is performed. The analysis is continuous in the sense that it is done in the infinite dimensional control setting. The resulting sufficient second order condition is evaluated by means of automatic differentiation, while the associated sensitivity derivative is computed by continuous reverse differentiation. The numerical results are given for several examples of orbit transfer, also illustrating the advantages of automatic differentiation over finite differences for the computation of gradients on the discretized problem.