Fuzzy decision making and consensus: Challenges

Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1109-1118

  Cabrerizo, Francisco Javier ^a   Chiclana, Francisco ^b   Al Hmouz, Rami ^c   Morfeq, Ali ^c   Balamash, Abdullah Saeed ^c   Herrera Viedma, Enrique ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

consensus; fuzzy logic; fuzzy set theory; Group decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS;

CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY DECISION MAKING; GROUP DECISION MAKING; GROUP DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; THEORY OF FUZZY SETS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84942936338     PISSN: 10641246     EISSN: 18758967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IFS-151719     Document Type: Article

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