Poverty reduction: Fuzzy sets vs. crisp sets compared

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-246

  Olsen, Wendy ^a   Nomura, Hisako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set; Pluralism; Poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549208039     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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