Approximate TOPSIS for vessel selection under uncertain environment

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 14523-14534

  Yang, Z L ^a   Bonsall, S ^a   Wang, J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degree of belief; Fuzzy set; Interval TOPSIS; MCDM; Vessel selection

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF BELIEF; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; FUZZY TOPSIS; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INCOMPLETE DATA; INTERVAL TOPSIS; MCDM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SAFETY ENGINEER; SELECTION MODEL; SHIPPING ACTIVITIES; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS; VESSEL SELECTION;

FUZZY SETS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80052036643     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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