Consensus under a fuzzy context: Taxonomy, analysis framework AFRYCA and experimental case of study

Information Fusion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 252-271

  Palomares, Iván ^a   Estrella, Francisco J ^a   Martínez, Luis ^a   Herrera, Francisco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Consensus measure; Consensus model; Consensus reaching process; Consensus support system; Group decision making

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMIES;

ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS; CONSENSUS MEASURE; CONSENSUS MODELS; CONSENSUS SUPPORT SYSTEM; GROUP DECISION MAKING; GROUP DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS; SIMULATION-BASED ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84901619037     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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