Membership maximization prioritization methods for fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-133

  Yuen, Kevin Kam Fung ^a  

^a XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; Fuzzy optimization; Fuzzy pairwise comparison; Membership function

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; EIGEN-VALUE; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY OPTIMIZATION; FUZZY PREFERENCES; LEAST SQUARE; NOVEL SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PRIORITIZATION; TECHNICAL ERRORS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ERRORS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 84861099378     PISSN: 15684539     EISSN: 15732908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10700-012-9119-8     Document Type: Article

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