Fuzzy FlowSort: An integration of the FlowSort method and Fuzzy Set Theory for decision making on the basis of inaccurate quantitative data

Information Sciences

Volumn 293, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-124

  Campos, Ana Carolina Scanavachi Moreira ^a   Mareschal, Bertrand ^b   De Almeida, Adiel Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FlowSort method; Fuzzy; Inaccurate quantitative evaluation; Multicriteria decision aid; Promethee; Set; Sorting method; Theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SORTING;

FLOWSORT METHOD; FUZZY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION AIDS; PROMETHEE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SORTING METHOD; THEORY;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 84922675365     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.09.024     Document Type: Article

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