Selecting a new technology strategy using multiattribute,multilevel decision trees |
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Authors: | Wade D Cook David A Johnston Moshe Kress |
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Abstract: | Research indicates that selecting a strategy to best exploit a new technology is a complex decision-making process. The task involves making a series of decisions with multiple alternatives, each to be evaluated by multiple criteria whose values have high levels of uncertainty. This paper presents a methodology for modelling a new technology decision using decision trees and an optimizing algorithm. A problem of a mining company considering the adoption of new technology is used to illustrate the decision-making task and modelling methodology. A numerical solution to the case demonstrates the potential of the optimizing technique in strategy selection. |
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Keywords: | Decision theory Multiple criteria Ordinal data Multistage |
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