in the science of operation research and decision theory, selection is the most important process. selection is a process that studies multiple qualitative and quantitative criteria, related to the science of management, which are mostly incompatible with each other. the multi criteria selection of a renewable energy portfolio is one of the main issues considered in multi criteria literature. i...

The NP multiple criteria minimum spanning tree as several applications into the network design problems. In this paper, we first introduce some properties than can help to characterize the problem, as well as to produce heuristics to solve it in a more efficient way. In the second part, we propose an application of the Multiple Objective Network optimization based on the Ant Colony Optimization...

A recent study of early dinosaur evolution using equal-weights parsimony recovered a scheme of dinosaur interrelationships and classification that differed from historical consensus in a single, but significant, respect; Ornithischia and Saurischia were not recovered as monophyletic sister-taxa, but rather Ornithischia and Theropoda formed a novel clade named Ornithoscelida. However, these anal...

We consider a decision problem where a group of individuals evaluates multiattribute alternatives. We explore the minimal required agreements that are sufficient to specify the group utility function. A surprising result is that, under some conditions, a bilateral agreement among pairs of individuals on a single attribute is sufficient to derive the multiattribute group utility. The bilateral a...

ZHANWU WANG, MINGSHU PENG, AND XIAOZHONG YANG Abstract. A coupled system, which consists of multiple delayed neural network loops, is proposed and a detailed analysis of the asymptotic behavior of the zero solution is included. The stable regions and all possible bifurcations, which depend on multiple parameters, are given in a geometrical way for several specific cases.