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An explainable multi-attribute decision model based on argumentation

Qiaoting Zhong, Xiuyi Fan, Xudong Luo, Francesca Toni

Expert Systems with Applications, Volume: 117, Pages: 42 - 61

Swansea University Author: Xiuyi Fan

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.eswa.2018.09.038

Published in: Expert Systems with Applications
ISSN: 09574174
Published: 2019
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