Dong Xu

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• 2012

  Integrated efficiency and trade-off analyses using a DEA-oriented interactive minimax reference point approach

  Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Yang, S., May 2012, In: Computers and Operations Research. 39, 5, p. 1062-1073 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reference Point 100%
  • Management Control 100%
  • Illustrates 25%
  • Numerical Example 25%
  • Input Multiple 25%
• 2011

  Bayesian reasoning approach based recursive algorithm for online updating belief rule based expert system of pipeline leak detection

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Xu, D. L., Yang, J. B. & Zhou, D. H., Apr 2011, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 38, 4, p. 3937-3943 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Recursive Algorithm 100%
  • Pipeline Leak Detection 100%
  • Based Expert System 100%
  • Bayesian Reasoning 100%

• Inference analysis and adaptive training for belief rule based systems

  Chen, Y. W., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L., Zhou, Z. J. & Tang, D. W., 15 Sept 2011, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 38, 10, p. 12845-12860 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Rule-Based System 100%
  • Rule Base 100%
  • Base System 71%
  • Numerical Study 14%
  • Illustrates 14%
  710 Downloads (Pure)

• Minimizing total completion time on a single machine with a flexible maintenance activity

  Yang, S. L., Ma, Y., Xu, D. L. & Yang, J. B., Apr 2011, In: Computers and Operations Research. 38, 4, p. 755-770 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Completion Time 100%
  • Processing Time 100%
  • Single Machine 100%
  • Branch-and-Bound Algorithm 40%
  • Dynamic Programming Algorithm 40%

• Multicriteria evidential reasoning decision modelling and analysisprioritizing voices of customer

  Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L., Xie, X. & Maddulapalli, A. K., Sept 2011, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 62, 9, p. 1638-1654 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Transformation Process 100%
  • Expert Judgment 100%
  • Customer Satisfaction 100%
  • Measurement Scale 100%
  • Operations Research 100%

• Online updating belief-rule-base using the RIMER approach

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Zhou, D. H., Nov 2011, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A: Systems & Humans. 41, 6, p. 1225-1243 18 p., 5771132.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rule Base 100%
  • Optimization Method 18%
  • System Dynamics 18%
  • Internal Structure 9%
  • Numerical Example 9%
• 2010

  A model for real-time failure prognosis based on hidden Markov model and belief rule base

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Xu, D. L., Chen, M. Y. & Zhou, D. H., 16 Nov 2010, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 207, 1, p. 269-283 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Failure Time 100%
  • Hidden Failure 100%
  • Rule Base 100%
  • Mathematical Model 25%
  • Potential Application 25%
  249 Downloads (Pure)

• A sequential learning algorithm for online constructing belief-rule-based systems

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L., Chen, M. Y. & Zhou, D. H., Mar 2010, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 37, 2, p. 1790-1799 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • System Parameter 100%
  • Learning Algorithm 100%
  • Recursive Algorithm 50%
  • Optimal Performance 8%

• Global Sensitivity Analysis in Multiple Criteria Decision Making via Evidential Reasoning Approach (accepted subject to revision).

  Xu, D. L., 2010, In: European Journal of Operational Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Integrated bank performance assessment and management planning using hybrid minimax reference point - DEA approach

  Yang, J. B., Wong, B. Y. H., Xu, D. L., Liu, X. B. & Steuer, R. E., 16 Dec 2010, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 207, 3, p. 1506-1518 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reference Point 100%
  • Bank Performance 100%
  • Past Performance 28%
  • Greater Manchester 14%
  • Detailed Investigation 14%

• New model for system behavior prediction based on belief rule based systems

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Xu, D. L., Yang, J. B. & Zhou, D. H., 15 Dec 2010, In: Information Sciences. 180, 24, p. 4834-4864 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Recursive 100%
  • Rule-Based System 100%
  • System Behavior 100%
  • Rule Base 100%
  • Learning Algorithm 100%

• Online updating belief-rule-based systems using the RIMER approach

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Zhou, D. H., 2010, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Uncertainty and preference modelling for multiple criteria vehicle evaluation

  Xie, X., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L., Maddulapalli, A. K. & Yang, Q., Dec 2010, In: International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems. 3, 6, p. 688-708 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nonlinear Function 100%
  • Multiple Criterion 100%
  • Missing Information 100%
  • Decision Maker 50%
• 2009

  An offshore risk analysis method using fuzzy Bayesian network

  Ren, J., Jenkinson, I., Wang, J., Xu, D. L. & Yang, J. B., Nov 2009, In: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. 131, 4, p. 1-12 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offshore Engineering 100%
  • Illustrates 50%
  • Design Stage 50%
  • Offshore Operation 50%
  • Collision Risk 50%

• Applying a belief rule-base inference methodology to a guideline-based clinical decision support system

  Kong, G., Xu, D. L., Liu, X. & Yang, J. B., Nov 2009, In: Expert Systems. 26, 5, p. 391-408 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Practice Guideline 100%
  • Clinical Decision Support System 100%
  • Base 100%
  • Rule Base 100%
  • Support System 100%

• Assessment of nuclear waste repository options using the ER approach

  Xu, D. L., Sept 2009, In: International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making. 8, 3, p. 581-607 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Perception 100%
  • Problem Selection 100%
  • Decision-Making 100%
  • Selection Process 100%
  • Radioactive Waste 100%

• Consumer preference prediction by using a hybrid evidential reasoning and belief rule-based methodology

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Chin, K. S., May 2009, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 36, 4, p. 8421-8430 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orange Juice 100%

• Integrating DEA-oriented performance assessment and target setting using interactive MOLP methods

  Yang, J. B., Wong, B. Y. H., Xu, D. L. & Stewart, T. J., 16 May 2009, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 195, 1, p. 205-222 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Integrating Data 100%
  • Programming Method 100%
  • Linear Programming 100%
  • Performance Assessment 100%
  • Tradeoff Analysis 40%

• Online updating belief rule based system for pipeline leak detection under expert intervention

  Zhou, Z. J., Hu, C. H., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Zhou, D. H., May 2009, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 36, 4, p. 7700-7709 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pipeline Leak Detection 100%
  • Rule-Based System 100%
  • Rule Base 100%
  • Base 100%
  • Recursive Algorithm 44%
• 2008

  A methodology to model causal relationships on offshore safety assessment focusing on human and organizational factors

  Ren, J., Jenkinson, I., Wang, J., Xu, D. L. & Yang, J. B., 2008, In: Journal of Safety Research. 39, 1, p. 87-100 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offshore Safety 100%
  • Organizational Factor 100%
  • Network Model 50%
  • Industrial Applications 25%
  • Illustrates 25%

• Application of intelligent decision system to nuclear waste depository option analysis

  Yang, J.-B., Xu, D.-L., Carle, B., Hardeman, F. & Ruan, D., 2008, In: International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology. 2, 2, p. 146-165 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Clinical decision support systems: A review on knowledge representation and inference under uncertainties

  Kong, G., XU, D. L. & Yang, J. B., Jun 2008, In: International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems. 1, 2, p. 159-167 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinical Decision Support System 100%
  • Knowledge Base 20%
  • Decision-Making Method 20%

• Group-based ER-AHP system for product project screening

  Chin, K. S., Xu, D. L., Yang, J. B. & Ping-Kit Lam, J., Nov 2008, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 35, 4, p. 1909-1929 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Process System 100%
  • Development Project 100%
  • Simultaneous Engineering 100%
  • New Product Development 100%
  • Analytic Hierarchy Process 100%

• Ship selection using a multiple-criteria synthesis approach

  Xie, X., Xu, D. L., Yang, J. B., Wang, J., Ren, J. & Yu, S., Feb 2008, In: Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 13, 1, p. 50-62 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Decision Maker 100%
  • Japan 100%
  • Navy 100%
  • Phase Procedure 50%
  • Naval Architect 33%
• 2007

  Inference and learning methodology of belief-rule-based expert system for pipeline leak detection

  Xu, D. L., Liu, J., Yang, J. B., Liu, G. P., Wang, J., Jenkinson, I. & Ren, J., Jan 2007, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 32, 1, p. 103-113 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pipeline Leak Detection 100%
  • Based Expert System 100%
  • Expert System 100%
  • Rule-Based System 66%
  • Rule Base 33%

• On the combination and normalization of interval-valued belief structures

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Chin, K. S., 1 Mar 2007, In: Information Sciences. 177, 5, p. 1230-1247 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optimality 100%
  • Dempster-Shafer Theory 100%
  • Numerical Example 100%

• Optimization models for training belief-rule-based systems

  Yang, J. B., Liu, J., Xu, D. L., Wang, J. & Wang, H., Jul 2007, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A: Systems & Humans. 37, 4, p. 569-585 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Evidential Reasoning 100%
  • Rule-Based System 100%
  • Rule Base 100%
  • Matrix 50%
  • Wide Range 50%
• 2006

  Environmental impact assessment using the evidential reasoning approach

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B. & Xu, D. L., 1 Nov 2006, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 174, 3, p. 1885-1913 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Environmental Impact 100%
  • Environmental Impact Assessment 100%
  • Evidential Reasoning 100%
  • Implementation Process 20%
  • Potential Application 16%

• Intelligent decision system and its application in business innovation self assessment

  Xu, D. L., McCarthy, [. & Yang, J. B., Nov 2006, In: Decision Support Systems. 42, 2, p. 664-673 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Business Innovation 100%
  • Decision Theory 100%
  • Self-Assessment 100%
  • System Software 50%
  • Software Development Tool 50%

• On the centroids of fuzzy numbers

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Chin, K. S., 1 Apr 2006, In: Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 157, 7, p. 919-926 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Centroid 100%
  • Numerical Example 20%
  • Euclidean Distance 20%

• The evidential reasoning approach for MADA under both probabilistic and fuzzy uncertainties

  Yang, J. B., Wang, Y. M., Xu, D. L. & Chin, K. S., 16 May 2006, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 171, 1, p. 309-343 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Attribute Decision 100%
  • Decision Analysis 100%
  • Decision Theory 100%
  • Analysis Problem 60%
  • Fuzziness 40%

• The evidential reasoning approach for multi-attribute decision analysis under interval uncertainty

  Xu, D. L., Yang, J. B. & Wang, Y. M., 1 Nov 2006, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 174, 3, p. 1914-1943 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dempster-Shafer Theory 100%
  • reasoning algorithm 100%
  • Attribute Decision 100%
  • Decision Analysis 100%
  • Decision Theory 100%

• The evidential reasoning approach for multiple attribute decision analysis using interval belief degrees

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Chin, K. S., 16 Nov 2006, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 175, 1, p. 35-66 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Decision Analysis 100%
  • Interval Data 100%
  • Evidential Reasoning 100%
  • Group Decision-Making 100%
  • Implementation Process 50%
• 2005

  A preference aggregation method through the estimation of utility intervals

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B. & Xu, D. L., Aug 2005, In: Computers and Operations Research. 32, 8, p. 2027-2049 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ranking Method 100%
  • Social Welfare Function 100%
  • Group Decision-Making 100%

• A two-stage logarithmic goal programming method for generating weights from interval comparison matrices

  Yang, J. B., Xu, D. L. & Wang, Y. M., 16 Jun 2005, In: Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 152, 3, p. 475-498 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Matrix 100%
  • Ranking Method 100%
  • Multiplicative 28%
  • Minimizes 14%
  • Numerical Example 14%

• Interval weight generation approaches based on consistency test and interval comparison matrices

  Wang, Y. M., Yang, J. B. & Xu, D. L., 5 Aug 2005, In: Applied Mathematics and Computation. 167, 1, p. 252-273 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Matrix 100%
  • Ranking Method 100%
  • Eigenvector 25%
  • Analytical Hierarchy Process 25%
  • Numerical Example 25%

• The Evidential Reasoning Approach for Multiple Attribute Decision Analysis Using Interval Belief Degrees

  Xu, L., Wang, Y. & Yang, J., 2005, In: European Journal of Operational Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2004

  Environmental Impact Assessment Using the Evidential Reasoning Approach

  Yang, J., Wang, Y. & Xu, L., 2004, In: European Journal of Operational Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2002

  Nonlinear information aggregation via evidential reasoning in multiattribute decision analysis under uncertainty

  Yang, J. B. & Xu, D. L., May 2002, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A: Systems & Humans. 32, 3, p. 376-393 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nonlinear Feature 100%
  • Decision Analysis 100%
  • Decision Theory 100%
  • Harmonics 66%
  • Recursive 66%

• On the evidential reasoning algorithm for multiple attribute decision analysis under uncertainty

  Yang, J. B. & Xu, D. L., May 2002, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A: Systems & Humans. 32, 3, p. 289-304 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Attribute Decision 100%
  • Decision Analysis 100%
  • Decision Theory 100%
  • Design Selection 50%
  • Numerical Example 20%
• 2001

  Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis Applied to Safety and Cost Synthesis

  Yang, J., Xu, L., Dale, B. G., Kieran, O., Ruxton, T. & Wang, J., 2001, In: Journal of UK Safety and Reliability Society. 21, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review