A novel Likert scale based on fuzzy sets theory

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1609-1618

  Li, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Fuzzy Likert scale; Fuzzy sets theory; Information distortion; Information lost; Likert scale

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; FUZZY LIKERT SCALE; FUZZY SETS THEORY; INFORMATION DISTORTION; INFORMATION LOST; LIKERT SCALE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 84872050099     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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