A new consensus model for group decision making using fuzzy ontology

Soft Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1617-1627

  Perez I J ^a   Wikstrom R ^b   Mezei, J ^b   Carlsson, C ^b   Herrera Viedma, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consensus process; Fuzzy ontology; Group decision making; Negotiation process; Weapons of influence

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE DECISION; CONSENSUS MODELS; FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS; FUZZY ONTOLOGY; GROUP DECISION; GROUP DECISION MAKING; GROUP DECISION-MAKING MODELS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS;

SOFT COMPUTING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84881376561     PISSN: 14327643     EISSN: 14337479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00500-012-0975-5     Document Type: Article

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