Ranking multi-attribute alternatives on the basis of linguistic labels in group decisions

Information Sciences

Volumn 209, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-60

  Agell, Núria ^a   Sánchez, Mónica ^b   Prats, Francesc ^b   Roselló, Llorenç ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Goal programming; Group decision making; Multi attribute decision making; Qualitative reasoning; Reference point method; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

GOAL PROGRAMMING; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE REASONING; REFERENCE POINT METHOD; UNCERTAINTY MODELLING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; THEOREM PROVING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84862670872     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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