A vague set based decision support approach for evaluating research funding programs

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 656-665

  Wang, Jue ^a   Xu, Wei ^b   Ma, Jian ^c   Wang, Shouyang ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Decision support approach; OWA operator; Scientific research assessment; Vague set theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINAS; OWA OPERATORS; RESEARCH FUNDING; SCARCE RESOURCES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; VAGUE SET THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; SET THEORY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84879502206     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.045     Document Type: Article

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