Risk tolerance measure for decision-making in fuzzy analysis: A health risk assessment perspective

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-417

  Kentel, Elcin ^a   Aral, Mustafa M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Defuzzification; Health risk assessment; Necessity measure; Possibility measure; Risk tolerance measure

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33947429221     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-006-0073-2     Document Type: Article

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