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Preference Disaggregation Approach: Basic Features, Examples from Financial Decision Making

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Preference Disaggregation Analysis

Preference Disaggregation Analysis in Ranking Problems

Preference Disaggregation Analysis in Sorting Problems

Preference Disaggregation Analysis in Choice Problems

Conclusions and Future Research

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  1. Department Production Engineering and Management Financial Engineering Lab., Techn. University Crete University Campus, Chania, Greece

    Constantin Zopounidis

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-5263, USA

    Christodoulos A. Floudas

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    Panos M. Pardalos

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Zopounidis, C. (2008). Preference Disaggregation Approach: Basic Features, Examples from Financial Decision Making . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_520

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