Linguistic aggregation operators: An overview

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

Volumn 220, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-181

  Xu, Zeshui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 35649014241     PISSN: 14349922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73723-0_9     Document Type: Review

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