Fuzzy logic approaches to consensus modelling in group decision making

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 117, Issue , 2008, Pages 19-37

  Fedrizzi, Mario ^a   Pasi, Gabriella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 42449121086     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78308-4_2     Document Type: Article

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