Fuzzy Rasch model in TOPSIS: A new approach for generating fuzzy numbers to assess the competitiveness of the tourism industries in Asian countries

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 456-465

  Huang, Jen Hung ^a   Peng, Kua Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Fuzzy theory; Item response theory (IRT); Rasch model; TOPSIS; Tourism destination competitiveness (TDC); Triangular fuzzy number (TFN)

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPETITIVENESS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LEISURE INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

EID: 82955203441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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