A method based on SMAA-Topsis for stochastic multi-criteria decision making and a real-world application

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 957-978

  Okul, Deniz ^a   Gencer, Cevriye ^b   Aydogan, Emel Kizilkaya ^c  

^a TURKISH MILITARY ACADEMY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acceptability analysis; Stochastic multi criteria decision making; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929508277     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622014500175     Document Type: Article

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