An Improved Weighted Correlation Coefficient Based on Integrated Weight for Interval Neutrosophic Sets and its Application in Multi-criteria Decision-making Problems

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1027-1043

  Zhang, Hong Yu ^a   Ji, Pu ^a   Wang, Jian Qiang ^a   Chen, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

correlation coefficient; integrated weight; Interval neutrosophic sets; multi criteria decision making; objective weight

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTEGRATED WEIGHT; INTERVAL NEUTROSOPHIC SETS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OBJECTIVE WEIGHT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84943235654     PISSN: 18756891     EISSN: 18756883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18756891.2015.1099917     Document Type: Article

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