An interval type-2 fuzzy extension of the TOPSIS method using alpha cuts

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-127

  Dymova, Ludmila ^a   Sevastjanov, Pavel ^a   Tikhonenko, Anna ^a  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Interval type 2 fuzzy extension; TOPSIS; cuts

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GROUP DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INTERVAL TYPE-2 FUZZY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; REAL-VALUED DATA; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84933182553     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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