On the analytic hierarchy process and decision support based on fuzzy-linguistic preference structures

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-211

  Franco, Camilo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy sets; Knowledge representation; Linguistic preference structures; Meaning modifiers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LINGUISTICS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); FUZZY AHP; FUZZY FORMULATION; FUZZY LINGUISTICS; FUZZY REPRESENTATIONS; LINGUISTIC PREFERENCES; LOGARITHMIC LEAST SQUARES; MEANING MODIFIERS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 84908477180     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2014.06.028     Document Type: Article

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