Fuzzy α-discounting method for multi-criteria decision-making

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 855-865

  Karaman, Atilla ^a   Dagdeviren, Metin ^b  

^a TURKISH MILITARY ACADEMY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

consistency in fuzzy decision problems; fuzzy set theory; MCDM; Discounting Method

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DISCOUNTING METHODS; FUZZY DECISION; FUZZY MCDM; MCDM; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 84938742436     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: 21587299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2015.1037352     Document Type: Article

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