Applying fuzzy linguistic variable and ELECTRE method in R&D project evaluation and selection

2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 999-1003

  Chen, C T ^a   Hung, W Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2 tuple linguistic variable; ELECTRE; Multi criteria decision making; R D project

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

2-TUPLE LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; DECISION METHODS; DECISION-MAKERS; ELECTRE; FUZZY LINGUISTIC VARIABLES; LINGUISTIC ASSESSMENTS; LINGUISTIC INFORMATIONS; LINGUISTIC TERMS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISIONS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NUMERICAL VALUES; PROJECT EVALUATIONS; QUALITATIVE FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION METHODS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 62749144001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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