Approach to group decision making based on determining the weights of experts by using projection method

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2900-2910

  Yue, Zhongliang ^a  

^a GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ideal decision; Ideal solution; Multiple attribute group decision making; Projection method; Weight of expert

Indexed keywords

IDEAL DECISION; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION MAKING; PROJECTION METHOD; WEIGHT OF EXPERT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84856951403     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.068     Document Type: Article

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