A high-level fuzzy petri nets model for integrating quantitative and qualitative decision-making

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-284

  Liu, Kevin F R ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy petri nets

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY PETRI NETS; FUZZY REASONING; FUZZY VARIABLE;

PETRI NETS;

EID: 34250848276     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488507004674     Document Type: Article

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