Type-2 fuzzy set extension of DEMATEL method combined with perceptual computing for decision making

Journal of Industrial Engineering International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hosseini, Mitra Bokaei ^a   Tarokh, Mohammad Jafar ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision making; DEMATEL; Interval type 2 fuzzy sets (IT2 FSs); Perceptual computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013896801     PISSN: 17355702     EISSN: 2251712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-712X-9-10     Document Type: Article

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