Ranking alternatives with fuzzy weights using maximizing set and minimizing set

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-375

  Anand Raj, P ^a,b   Nagesh Kumar, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy numbers; Fuzzy order; Fuzzy weights; Maximizing set; Minimizing set; Multicriteria decision making; Ranking alternatives; Utility values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000065508     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(97)00243-1     Document Type: Article

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