Access network selection in a heterogeneous environment using the AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS methods

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

Volumn 45 LNICST, Issue , 2010, Pages 88-98

  Sgora, Aggeliki ^a   Chatzimisios, Periklis ^b   Vergados, Dimitrios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

AHP; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Heterogeneous environment; MADM; Network selection; TOPSIS; Wireless network

Indexed keywords

AHP; FUZZY TOPSIS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; MADM; NETWORK SELECTION; TOPSIS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84868087394     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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