Fuzzy risk analysis based on ranking fuzzy numbers using α-cuts, belief features and signal/noise ratios

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 5576-5581

  Chen, Shyi Ming ^a,b   Wang, Chih Huang ^a  

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

^b JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Belief features; Fuzzy numbers; Fuzzy risk analysis; Ranking index; Signal noise ratios

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BELIEF FEATURES; FUZZY NUMBERS; FUZZY RISK ANALYSIS; RANKING INDEX; SIGNAL/NOISE RATIO;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 58349114847     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.06.112     Document Type: Article

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