In-depth analysis and simulation study of an innovative fuzzy approach for ranking alternatives in multiple attribute decision making problems based on TOPSIS

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 900-907

  Chamodrakas, I ^a   Leftheriotis, I ^a   Martakos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fuzzy connectives; Fuzzy sets; Multiple attribute decision making; Risk; Simulation; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION FUNCTIONS; CLASS OF METHODS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY CONNECTIVES; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; RISK ATTITUDE; SERVICE PROVIDER; SHORTEST DISTANCE; SIMULATION; SIMULATION COMPARISON; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; TOPSIS; TOPSIS METHOD;

AVIONICS; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77957908640     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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