A VIKOR-based method for hesitant fuzzy multi-criteria decision making

Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-392

  Liao, Huchang ^a   Xu, Zeshui ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compromise solution; Hesitant fuzzy decision making; Hesitant fuzzy set; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

FUZZY DECISION MAKING; FUZZY GROUPS; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; MANHATTAN DISTANCE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; PREFERENCE INFORMATION; UTILITY MEASURE; VIKOR;

FUZZY SETS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84888199005     PISSN: 15684539     EISSN: 15732908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10700-013-9162-0     Document Type: Article

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