Multiplicative consistency of hesitant fuzzy preference relation and its application in group decision making

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-76

  Liao, Huchang ^a   Xu, Zeshui ^b   Xia, Meimei ^c  

^a Shanghai   (China)

^b Sichuan University   (China)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus; Group decision making; Hesitant fuzzy preference relation; Hesitant fuzzy set; Multiplicative consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893136767     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622014500035     Document Type: Article

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