An efficient fuzzy weighted average algorithm for the military UAV selecting under group decision-making

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 877-889

  Lin, Kuo Ping ^a   Hung, Kuo Chen ^b  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy arithmetic; Fuzzy weighted average; Group decision making; MCDM; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION METHODS; APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; CPU TIME; DECISION MAKERS; EXPONENTIAL COMPLEXITY; FUZZY ARITHMETICS; FUZZY NUMBERS; FUZZY SETS THEORY; FUZZY WEIGHTED AVERAGE; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; INITIAL SOLUTION; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; MCDM; MILITARY REQUIREMENTS;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MILITARY VEHICLES; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79957476576     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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