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The aim of this paper is to present a novel approach for ranking of all DMUs using the interval Cross-Efficiency (ICE) and interval Analytic Hierarchy Process (IAHP) methods. The approach includes two basic stages. In the first stage using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-21 Dariush Akbarian

The fundamental problem underlying all multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) problems is that of dominance between any two alternatives: "Given two alternatives A and B, each described by a set criteria, is A preferred to B with respect…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-08-05 Ankit Agrawal

Multi-Modal Entity Alignment (MMEA) aims to retrieve equivalent entities from different Multi-Modal Knowledge Graphs (MMKGs), a critical information retrieval task. Existing studies have explored various fusion paradigms and consistency…

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This paper introduces Bayesian frameworks for tackling various aspects of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems, leveraging a probabilistic interpretation of MCDM methods and challenges. By harnessing the flexibility of Bayesian…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Majid Mohammadi

Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) is widely used in a number of domain adaptation (DA) methods and shows its effectiveness in aligning data distributions across domains. However, in previous DA research, MMD-based DA methods focus mostly on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Lingkun Luo , Shiqiang Hu , Jie Yang , Liming Chen

In this work we propose a Visual Mamba (ViM) based architecture, to dissolve the existing trade-off for real-time and accurate model with low computation overhead for disparity map generation (DMG). Moreover, we proposed a performance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Maheswar Bora , Tushar Anand , Saurabh Atreya , Aritra Mukherjee , Abhijit Das

In the standard setting of one-way ANOVA with normal errors, a new algorithm, called the Step Down Maximum Mean Selection Algorithm (SDMMSA), is proposed to estimate the treatment means under an assumption that the treatment mean is…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2008-01-03 Weizhen Wang , Jianan Peng

Multivariate or multichannel data have become ubiquitous in many modern scientific and engineering applications, e.g., biomedical engineering, owing to recent advances in sensor and computing technology. Processing these data sets is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Sikender Gul , Muhammad Faisal Siddiqui , Naveed Ur Rehman

This chapter describes selected reference-type multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods that rank alternatives by comparing them with one or more reference solutions derived from an alternatives-criteria matrix (ACM). After explaining…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Zhiyuan Wang , Gade Pandu Rangaiah

Black-box discrete optimization (BB-DO) problems arise in many real-world applications, such as neural architecture search and mathematical model estimation. A key challenge in BB-DO is epistasis among parameters where multiple variables…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Aoi Kato , Kenta Kojima , Masahiro Nomura , Isao Ono

Contemporary macro energy systems modelling is characterized by the need to represent strategic and operational decisions with high temporal and spatial resolution and represent discrete investment and retirement decisions. This drive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Michael Lau , Filippo Pecci , Jesse D. Jenkins

Sufficient numbers of Decision Making Units (DMUs) in comparison with the number of input and output variables has been a concern of using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the last three decades. There are several studies in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Dariush Khezrimotlagh

Incomplete multi-view data classification poses significant challenges due to the common issue of missing views in real-world scenarios. Despite advancements, existing methods often fail to provide reliable predictions, largely due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Haojian Huang , Zhe Liu , Sukumar Letchmunan , Muhammet Deveci , Mingwei Lin , Weizhong Wang

In benchmarking, organizations look outward to examine others' performance in their industry or sector. Often, they can learn from the best practices of some of them and improve. In order to develop this idea within the framework of Data…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-04 Nuria Ramón , José L. Ruiz , Inmaculada Sirvent

Evaluating the efficiency of organizations and branches within an organization is a challenging issue for managers. Evaluation criteria allow organizations to rank their internal units, identify their position concerning their competitors,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Vahid Kayvanfar , Hamed Baziyad , Shaya Sheikh , Frank Werner

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a nonparametric, data driven technique used to perform relative performance analysis among a group of comparable decision making units (DMUs). Efficiency is assessed by comparing input and output data for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Emma Stubington , Matthias Ehrgott , Omid Nohadani

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) appears more than just an instrument of measurement. DEA models can be seen as a mathematical structure for democratic voicing within decisional contexts. Such an important aspect of DEA is enhanced through…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-05-14 Amar Oukil

Fault diagnosis has attracted extensive attention for its importance in the exceedingly fault management framework for cloud virtualization, despite the fact that fault diagnosis becomes more difficult due to the increasing scalability and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-30 Ameen Alkasem , Hongwei Liu , Zuo Decheng , Yao Zhao

Modern electronic design automation (EDA) tools can handle the complexity of state-of-the-art electronic systems by decomposing them into smaller blocks or cells, introducing different levels of abstraction and staged design flows. However,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-20 Linan Cao , Simon J. Bale , Martin A. Trefzer

Multi-Criteria Decision Making~(MCDM) is widely applied in various fields, using quantitative and qualitative analyses of multiple levels and attributes to support decision makers in making scientific and rational decisions in complex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Hui Wang , Fafa Zhang , Chaoxu Mu