A generalized TOPSIS method for group decision making with heterogeneous information in a dynamic environment

Information Sciences

Volumn 330, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-18

  Lourenzutti, Rodolfo ^a   Krohling, Renato A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dynamic environment; Group decision making; Heterogeneous information; Imperfect settings; Modular approach; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION USE;

DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION; MODULAR APPROACH; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84949255987     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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