A fuzzy knowledge-based framework for risk assessment of residential real estate investments

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 140-156

  Ribeiro, Mónica I F ^a   Ferreira, Fernando A F ^b,c   Jalali, Marjan S ^b   Meidutė Kavaliauskienė, Ieva ^d,e  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF SANTARÉM   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

decision making; fuzzy cognitive maps; residential real estate; risk analysis of real estate investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010440781     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2016.1212742     Document Type: Article

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