A TFN-ANP based approach to evaluate virtual research center comprehensive performance

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 8379-8386

  Luo, Zhi Meng ^a   Zhou, Jian Zhong ^a   Zheng, Li Ping ^a   Mo, Li ^a   He, Yao Yao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic network process (ANP); Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); Performance evaluation; Triangular fuzzy number (TFN); Utility value; Virtual Research Center (VRC)

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS;

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS; UTILITY VALUES; VIRTUAL RESEARCH CENTER;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77957828989     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.05.044     Document Type: Article

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