Topic · Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Most cited papers in Multi-Criteria Decision Making
What are the most cited papers in Multi-Criteria Decision Making?
The most cited paper in Multi-Criteria Decision Making is "Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error" (Claes Fornell, David F. Larcker, 1981), with 71,613 citations. Next come "A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales" (42,415) and "Alternative Ways of Assessing Model Fit" (25,414).
Showing 50 of 96 papers. Every paper with more than 1,684 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error Claes Fornell, David F. Larcker · Journal of Marketing Research | Feb 1981 | 71,613 |
| 2 | A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales Jacob Cohen · Educational and Psychological Measurement | Apr 1960 | 42,415 |
| 3 | Alternative Ways of Assessing Model Fit Michael W. Browne, Robert A. Cudeck · Sociological Methods & Research | Nov 1992 | 25,414 |
| 4 | Comparative fit indexes in structural models. Peter M. Bentler · Psychological Bulletin | 1990 | 24,151 |
| 5 | Interrater reliability: the kappa statistic Marry L. McHugh · Biochemia Medica | 2012 | 19,382 |
| 6 | Intuitionistic fuzzy sets Krassimir Todorov Atanassov · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Aug 1986 | 16,433 |
| 7 | Advances in prospect theory: Cumulative representation of uncertainty Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | Oct 1992 | 15,858 |
| 8 | The Analytic Hierarchy Process Thomas L. Saaty, Kevin P. Kearns · Elsevier eBooks | 1985 | 15,416 |
| 9 | Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error: Algebra and Statistics Claes Fornell, David F. Larcker · Journal of Marketing Research | Aug 1981 | 13,256 |
| 10 | The Hungarian method for the assignment problem Harold William Kuhn · Naval Research Logistics Quarterly | Mar 1955 | 13,017 |
| 11 | Rough sets Zdzis aw Pawlak · International Journal of Parallel Programming | Oct 1982 | 12,304 |
| 12 | Decision making with the analytic hierarchy process Thomas L. Saaty · International Journal of Services Sciences | 2008 | 10,098 |
| 13 | How to make a decision: The analytic hierarchy process Thomas L. Saaty · European Journal of Operational Research | Sep 1990 | 9,578 |
| 14 | Outline of a New Approach to the Analysis of Complex Systems and Decision Processes Lotfi A. Zadeh · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | 1973 | 8,752 |
| 15 | Fuzzy sets as a basis for a theory of possibility Lotfi A. Zadeh · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1978 | 8,108 |
| 16 | On ordered weighted averaging aggregation operators in multicriteria decisionmaking Ronald R. Yager · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | 1988 | 7,289 |
| 17 | In Search of Golden Rules: Comment on Hypothesis-Testing Approaches to Setting Cutoff Values for Fit Indexes and Dangers in Overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler's (1999) Findings Herbert W. Marsh, Kit‐Tai Hau, Zhonglin Wen · Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal | 2 Jun 2004 | 6,674 |
| 18 | An Experimental Application of the DELPHI Method to the Use of Experts Norman C. Dalkey, Olaf Helmer · Management Science | Apr 1963 | 6,144 |
| 19 | A note on a general definition of the coefficient of determination N. J. D. Nagelkerke · Biometrika | 1991 | 5,805 |
| 20 | Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data David E. Booth, Joseph L. Schafer · Technometrics | May 2000 | 5,646 |
| 21 | Fuzzy logic in control systems: fuzzy logic controller. I C.C. Lee · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | 1990 | 5,627 |
| 22 | Divergence measures based on the Shannon entropy Jinfeng Lin · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory | 1991 | 5,278 |
| 23 | Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS Serafim C. Opricovic, Gwo‐Hshiung Tzeng · European Journal of Operational Research | 4 Apr 2003 | 4,978 |
| 24 | Applications of the extent analysis method on fuzzy AHP Da-Yong Chang · European Journal of Operational Research | Dec 1996 | 4,856 |
| 25 | Soft set theory—First results Dmitriy Anatolievich Molodtsov · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | Feb 1999 | 4,721 |
| 26 | Estimating within-group interrater reliability with and without response bias. Lawrence R. James, Robert G. Demaree, Gerrit Wolf · Journal of Applied Psychology | Feb 1984 | 4,709 |
| 27 | Quantile Regression Roger W. Koenker, Kevin F. Hallock · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 2001 | 4,473 |
| 28 | Best-worst multi-criteria decision-making method Jafar Rezaei · Omega | 3 Dec 2014 | 4,312 |
| 29 | Maxmin expected utility with non-unique prior Itzhak Gilboa, David Schmeidler · Journal of Mathematical Economics | 1989 | 4,217 |
| 30 | Concept of General and Specific Combining Ability in Relation to Diallel Crossing Systems Bruce Griffing · Australian Journal of Biological Sciences | Dec 1956 | 4,082 |
| 31 | Extensions of the TOPSIS for group decision-making under fuzzy environment Chen‐Tung Arthur Chen · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Aug 2000 | 3,850 |
| 32 | Analytic hierarchy process: An overview of applications Omkarprasad S. Vaidya, Sushil Kumar · European Journal of Operational Research | 16 Jul 2004 | 3,822 |
| 33 | Fuzzy programming and linear programming with several objective functions H.‐J. Zimmermann · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1978 | 3,614 |
| 34 | Categorical data analysis: Away from ANOVAs (transformation or not) and towards logit mixed models T. Florian Jaeger · Journal of Memory and Language | 9 Feb 2008 | 3,386 |
| 35 | Determining objective weights in multiple criteria problems: The critic method D. Diakoulaki, George Mavrotas, L. Papayannakis · Computers & Operations Research | Aug 1995 | 3,360 |
| 36 | Fuzzy hierarchical analysis James J. Buckley · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Dec 1985 | 3,354 |
| 37 | Measuring the efficiency of decision-making units A. Charnes, William White Cooper, Edwardo L. Rhodes · European Journal of Operational Research | Jul 1979 | 3,341 |
| 38 | Learning Bayesian Networks: The Combination of Knowledge and Statistical Data David E. Heckerman, Dan Geiger, David M. Chickering · Machine Learning | Sep 1995 | 3,276 |
| 39 | A fuzzy extension of Saaty's priority theory Peter J. M. van Laarhoven, Witold Pedrycz · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1983 | 3,062 |
| 40 | A New Incremental Fit Index for General Structural Equation Models Kenneth A. Bollen · Sociological Methods & Research | Feb 1989 | 3,016 |
| 41 | ROUGH FUZZY SETS AND FUZZY ROUGH SETS* Didier Dubois, Henri M. Prade · International Journal of General Systems | Jun 1990 | 3,003 |
| 42 | High agreement but low Kappa: I. the problems of two paradoxes Alvan R. Feinstein, Domenic V. Cicchetti · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 1990 | 3,002 |
| 43 | Some recent development in a concept of causality Clive W. J. Granger · Journal of Econometrics | Sep 1988 | 2,976 |
| 44 | Toward a theory of fuzzy information granulation and its centrality in human reasoning and fuzzy logic Lotfi A. Zadeh · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Sep 1997 | 2,926 |
| 45 | Evaluation of goodness-of-fit indices for structural equation models. Stanley A. Mulaik, Larry R. James, Judith Van Alstine et al. · Psychological Bulletin | May 1989 | 2,885 |
| 46 | Pythagorean Membership Grades in Multicriteria Decision Making Ronald R. Yager · IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems | 20 Aug 2013 | 2,840 |
| 47 | When can categorical variables be treated as continuous? A comparison of robust continuous and categorical SEM estimation methods under suboptimal conditions. Mijke Rhemtulla, Patricia É. Brosseau-Liard, Victoria Savalei · Psychological Methods | 17 Jul 2012 | 2,769 |
| 48 | Chance-Constrained Programming A. Charnes, William White Cooper · Management Science | Oct 1959 | 2,753 |
| 49 | Operations on fuzzy numbers Didier Dubois, Henri M. Prade · International Journal of Systems Science | Jun 1978 | 2,700 |
| 50 | Intuitionistic Fuzzy Aggregation Operators Zeshui Xu · IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems | Dec 2007 | 2,700 |
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