Work

MGA: a decision support system for complex, incompletely defined problems

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: Modeling-to-generate alternatives (MGA) is a technique for using mathematical programming models to generate a small number of different solutions for the decision maker to consider when dealing with complex, incompletely defined problems. The logic of MGA is presented in the context of concerns about the limitations of mathematical models and the human decision-makers who use them. Arguments and experimental evidence are presented to support the assumption that the human-machine decision-making system will perform better when the human is presented with a few different alternatives than when presented with a homogeneous set of alternatives, as might result from sensitivity analysis.>

Source: IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics

DOI: 10.1109/21.105076

Authors: E.D. Brill, J.M. Flach, L.D. Hopkins, S. Ranjithan

Institutions: North Carolina State University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2167071076

FWCI: 3.829

Cites: 43

Cited by: 139

Related to: 10