Algorithms for improving consistency or consensus of reciprocal [0,1]-valued preference relations

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 216, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-133

  Xia, Meimei ^a   Xu, Zeshui ^b   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus; Fuzzy set; Group decision making; Multiplicative consistency; Reciprocal 0,1 valued preference relation

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONSISTENCY LEVEL; DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLICATIVE CONSISTENCY; VALUED PREFERENCE RELATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84873714401     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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