On the fusion of multi-granularity linguistic label sets in group decision making

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 526-541

  Chen, Zhifeng ^a   Ben Arieh, David ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion operator; Fuzzy set; Group decision making; Linguistic label

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

FUSION OPERATOR; GROUP DECISION MAKING; LINGUISTIC LABEL;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33750837981     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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