Multicriteria Decision Aid Classification Methods

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction to the classification problem

   Pages 1-13

3. Review of classification techniques

   Pages 15-38

4. Multicriteria decision aid classification techniques

   Pages 39-75

5. Preference disaggregation classification methods

   Pages 77-122

6. Experimental comparison of classification techniques

   Pages 123-157

7. Classification problems in finance

   Pages 159-224

8. Conclusions and future perspectives

   Pages 225-231

9. Back Matter

   Pages 233-256

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The book discusses a new approach to the classification problem following the decision support orientation of multicriteria decision aid. The book reviews the existing research on the development of classification methods, investigating the corresponding model development procedures, and providing a thorough analysis of their performance both in experimental situations and real-world problems from the field of finance.
Audience: Researchers and professionals working in management science, decision analysis, operations research, financial/banking analysis, economics, statistics, computer science, as well as graduate students in management science and operations research.

• Finance
• banking
• classification
• decision analysis
• decision support
• management
• operations research
• performance
• statistics

• Department of Production Engineering and Management, Financial Engineering Laboratory, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

  Michael Doumpos, Constantin Zopounidis

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