A new method based on TOPSIS and response surface method for MCDM problems with interval numbers

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Peng ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Wang, Yong Hu ^b   Zhu, Zhou Quan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CIVIL AVIATION FLIGHT UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DECISION MAKING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CALCULATION PROCESS; DEVIATION DEGREE; INTERVAL NUMBER; INVESTMENT PROGRAMS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS; ROAD TRANSPORTS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84929379261     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/938535     Document Type: Article

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