Variable precision rough set for group decision-making: An application

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-343

  Xie, Gang ^a,b   Zhang, Jinlong ^b   Lai, K K ^c   Yu, Lean ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Group decision making; Variable precision rough set; Weight

Indexed keywords

DECISION TABLES; FINANCE; FUZZY SETS; INSURANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROUGH SET THEORY; SET THEORY;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; RISK EXPOSURES; VARIABLE PRECISION ROUGH SET; VARIABLE PRECISIONS; WEIGHT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 52949137301     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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