Title :
Decision analysis with hybrid uncertain performance targets
Author :
Yan, Hong-Bin ; Huynh, Van-Nam ; Nakamori, Yoshiteru
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Knowledge Sci., Japan Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Nomi, Japan
Abstract :
The main focus of this paper is for decision analysis from the target-oriented point of view. Firstly, the target achievement computation method is revised, in which the resulting value function can have four shapes: concave, convex, S-shaped, inverse S-shaped. In addition, it is now more and more widely acknowledged that all facets of uncertainty cannot be captured by a single probability distribution. A fuzzy uncertain target-oriented method is also proposed, in which the proportional approach is selected to transform a possibility distribution into its associated probability distribution, and then based on the random target-oriented model, we can obtain the probability of meeting targets. Three types of fuzzy targets, widely used in Bellman-Zadeh paradigm, are selected to illustrate the fuzzy target-oriented model.
Keywords :
concave programming; convex programming; decision making; fuzzy set theory; probability; S-shaped function; concave function; convex function; decision analysis; fuzzy targets; hybrid performance targets; inverse S-shaped function; possibility distribution; single probability distribution; target achievement computation method; Cities and towns; Costs; Cybernetics; Distribution functions; Performance analysis; Probability distribution; Shape; USA Councils; Uncertainty; Utility theory;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346941