Extension of the TOPSIS method based on prospect theory and trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers for group decision making

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-247

  Li, Xihua ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

distance measures; group decision making; prospect theory; TOPSIS; trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY RULES;

DISTANCE MEASURE; GROUP DECISION MAKING; INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY NUMBER; PROSPECT THEORY; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84902986500     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-014-5244-y     Document Type: Article

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