Application of fuzzy TOPSIS to scoring the negotiation offers in ill-structured negotiation problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 920-932

  Roszkowska, Ewa ^a   Wachowicz, Tomasz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN KATOWICE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fuzzy TOPSIS; Ill structured negotiation problem; Linguistic variables; Multiple criteria analysis; Negotiation support

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

FUZZY TOPSIS; ILL-STRUCTURED NEGOTIATION PROBLEM; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NEGOTIATION SUPPORT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84920517740     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.050     Document Type: Article

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