Using classification as an aggregation tool in MCDM

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Valls, Aïda ^a   Torra, Vicenç ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregation operators; Cluster analysis; Decision making; Multicriteria analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004943110     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(99)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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