Fuzzy extension of TOPSIS model for group decision making under multiple criteria

Artificial Intelligence Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-338

  Anisseh, Mohammad ^a   Piri, Fatemeh ^a   Shahraki, Mohammad Reza ^a   Agamohamadi, Fazlollah ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy numbers; Group decision making; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MATRICES; FUZZY DECISION; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY EXTENSION; FUZZY NUMBERS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; IMPRECISE INFORMATION; MULTI CRITERIA GROUP DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; TOPSIS; TOPSIS METHOD; TOPSIS MODELS;

FUZZY SETS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84870236553     PISSN: 02692821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10462-011-9258-2     Document Type: Article

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