A fuzzy AHP approach based on the concept of possibility extent

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Chou, Chen Hui ^a,b   Liang, Gin Shuh ^a   Chang, Hung Chung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei College of Maritime Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extent analysis method; Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy set theory; Linguistic values; Triangular fuzzy number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872601559     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9473-6     Document Type: Article

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