A novel hybrid decision-making model for selecting locations in a fuzzy environment

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 88-104

  Kuo, Ming Shin ^a,b   Liang, Gin Shuh ^c  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DEMATEL; Fuzzy ANP; Fuzzy decision; Fuzzy MCDM; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DEMATEL; FUZZY ANP; FUZZY DECISION; FUZZY MCDM; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79955469434     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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