Application of fuzzy mathematical programming to imprecise project management decisions

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1451-1470

  Liang, Tien Fu ^a   Huang, Tien Shou ^b   Yang, Ming Feng ^c  

^a HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy mathematical programming; Fuzzy set theory; Piecewise linear membership function; Project management; Triangular fuzzy number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863547598     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9460-y     Document Type: Article

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