An integrated linguistic MCDM approach for robot evaluation and selection with incomplete weight information

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 5452-5467

  Xue, Yi Xi ^a   You, Jian Xin ^b   Zhao, Xufeng ^c   Liu, Hu Chen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

hesitant 2 tuple linguistic term sets; incomplete weight information; multiple criteria decision making; QUALIFLEX; robot selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LINGUISTICS;

2-TUPLE LINGUISTIC; INCOMPLETE WEIGHT INFORMATIONS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUALIFLEX; ROBOT SELECTION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84958521864     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1146418     Document Type: Article

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