Ranking fuzzy cognitive map based scenarios with TOPSIS

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2443-2450

  Salmeron, Jose L ^a   Vidal, Rosario ^b   Mena, Angel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delphi; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Ranking; Scenarios; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DELPHI; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; RANKING; SCENARIOS; TOPSIS;

FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOFT COMPUTING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80255137403     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.08.094     Document Type: Article

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