Fuzzy logic and performance evaluation: Discussion and application

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Beheshti, Hooshang M ^a   Lollar, James G ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy logic; Linguistics; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549146182     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400810857248     Document Type: Article

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