Dependent Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Aggregation Operators and Their Application to Multiple Attribute Group Decision Making

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 717-735

  Liu, Hu Chen ^a,b   Lin, Qing Lian ^c   Wu, Jing ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dependent interval 2 tuple weighted averaging (DITWA) operator; dependent interval 2 tuple weighted geometric (DITWG) operator; interval 2 tuple; Multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM)

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

2-TUPLE; 2-TUPLES; AVERAGING OPERATORS; DEPENDENT INTERVAL 2-TUPLE WEIGHTED AVERAGING OPERATOR; DEPENDENT INTERVAL 2-TUPLE WEIGHTED GEOMETRIC OPERATOR; INTERVAL 2-TUPLE; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE-ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION MAKINGS; WEIGHTED AVERAGING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84939201115     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488514500366     Document Type: Article

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