The use of axiomatic fuzzy set theory in AHP and TOPSIS methodology to determine strategies priorities by SWOT analysis

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2671-2685

  Menga Ebonzo, Angelo Dan ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AHP; Axiomatic fuzzy set theory; Strategy analysis; SWOT analysis; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879282960     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-012-9679-2     Document Type: Article

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