Ranking fuzzy numbers with preference weighting function expectations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1731-1753

  Liu, Xin Wang ^a   Han, Shi Lian ^b  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy number ranking; Maximum entropy; Optimistic level; Preference; Weighting function

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PREFERRED NUMBERS;

FUZZY NUMBER RANKING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; OPTIMISTIC LEVEL; PREFERENCE; WEIGHTING FUNCTION;

FUZZY CONTROL;

EID: 27544475397     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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