A new approach to multi-criteria sorting based on fuzzy outranking relations: The THESEUS method

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-413

  Fernandez, Eduardo ^a,b   Navarro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Multiple criteria analysis; Outranking methods; Sorting

Indexed keywords

MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA CLASSIFICATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; OUTRANKING METHODS; OUTRANKING RELATION; PREFERENCE INFORMATION; PREFERENCE RELATION; REFERENCE SET; SELECTION PROBLEMS; THESEUS;

EID: 79955915399     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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