An extension to fuzzy MCDM

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-454

  Chu, Ta Chung ^a   Lin, Yichen ^b  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy MCDM; Mean of removals; Normalization; Riemann integral

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FUZZY EVALUATIONS; FUZZY MCDM; FUZZY MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; FUZZY NUMBERS; IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS; LINGUISTIC VALUES; MEAN OF REMOVALS; NORMALIZATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OBJECTIVE CRITERIONS; RANKING PROCEDURES; RIEMANN INTEGRAL; SUGGESTED APPROACHES;

MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

EID: 58149265018     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.10.076     Document Type: Article

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