Uniformization of multigranular linguistic labels and their application to group decision making

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-276

  Yu, Xiaohan ^a   Xu, Zeshui ^a   Zhang, Xiumei ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

linguistic label set; multigranular; Multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM); transformation relationships

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; DECISION MAKERS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; LINGUISTIC INFORMATION; LINGUISTIC LABELS; MULTIGRANULAR; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE GROUP; THINKING MODES; TRANSFORMATION RELATIONSHIPS; UNIFORMIZATION;

LINGUISTICS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77956875321     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-010-5137-7     Document Type: Article

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