Development of a novel multiple-attribute decision making model via fuzzy cognitive maps and hierarchical fuzzy TOPSIS

Information Sciences

Volumn 301, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-98

  Baykasoʇlu, Adil ^a   Gölcük, Ilker ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy cognitive map; Hierarchical fuzzy; Interdependence; Problem structuring; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; FUZZY RULES;

FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; HIERARCHICAL FUZZY; INTERDEPENDENCE; PROBLEM STRUCTURING; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84922724220     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.12.048     Document Type: Article

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