Fuzzy application to the analytic hierarchy process for robot selection

Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-234

  Kapoor, Vikas ^a   Tak, Shyam Singh ^b  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Raj Public Service Commission   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Fuzzy; Robot Selection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

AHP; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; ROBOT SELECTION;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 24144464328     PISSN: 15684539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10700-005-1890-3     Document Type: Article

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