Linear optimization modeling of consistency issues in group decision making based on fuzzy preference relations

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2415-2420

  Zhang, Guiqing ^a   Dong, Yucheng ^a   Xu, Yinfeng ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Consistency; Fuzzy preference relations; Group decision making; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONSISTENCY; CONSISTENCY LEVEL; CONSISTENCY MEASURES; CONSISTENT FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATION; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; INCOMPLETE FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATION; LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; LINEAR OPTIMIZATION MODEL; MANHATTAN DISTANCE; MISSING VALUES; PREFERENCE INFORMATION; SUB-PROBLEMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80255131115     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.08.090     Document Type: Article

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