Interval-valued evidence sets from simulated product competitiveness: a Bulgarian winery decision

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-417

  Shipley, Margaret F ^a   Olson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

applied decision sciences; Bulgaria; Bulgarian wine; fuzzy sets; product competitiveness; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969452436     PISSN: 17558077     EISSN: 17558085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2008.022977     Document Type: Article

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