Fuzzy aggregation and averaging for group decision making: A generalization and survey

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Vanicek J ^a   Vrana, I ^a   Aly, S ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregation operators; Fuzzy sets; Information fusion operators; Multi expert decision making; Ordered weighted average (OWA)

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DATA FUSION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGGREGATION OPERATORS; DECISION PROBLEMS; FUZZY AGGREGATIONS; FUZZY AVERAGING; FUZZY INFORMATIONS; GROUP DECISION MAKINGS; MULTI-EXPERT DECISION MAKING; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGE (OWA);

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 56649115964     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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