Fuzzy decision maps: A generalization of the DEMATEL methods

Soft Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1141-1150

  Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^a,b   Chen, Wen Hsien ^c   Yu, Rachung ^d   Shih, Meng Lin ^e  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Fuzzy decision maps; Multiple criteria decision making; Structural model

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORIES; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; FUZZY DECISION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77953913778     PISSN: 14327643     EISSN: 14337479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00500-009-0507-0     Document Type: Article

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