Resource Allocation to Interrelated Risky Projects Using a Multiattribute Utility Function

DOI10.1287/mnsc.29.4.430zbMath0519.90081OpenAlexW2104594484MaRDI QIDQ3670917

Zilla Sinuany-Stern, Abraham Mehrez

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.29.4.430

zbMATH Keywords

branch-and-bound algorithmresource allocationmulti-objective programminglimited resourcesmultiattribute utilityinterrelated risky projectsnonquantifiable attributesselection among indivisible projectssuccess or failure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical mathematical programming methods (65K05) Integer programming (90C10) Sensitivity, stability, parametric optimization (90C31) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Utility theory (91B16)

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