Article ID: | iaor20031567 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 199 |
End Page Number: | 212 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Pendharkar Parag C. |
Keywords: | heuristics |
This paper describes and extends Saaty's eigenvalue approach to fuzzy membership determination. A genetic algorithm-based procedure is adopted to minimize the failure rates in fuzzy membership determination using Saaty's eigenvalue approach. The proposed method is then extended to develop an aggregate fuzzy membership function using multiple decision-maker environment. A theoretical framework for understanding the magnitude of failures with the increase in the cardinality of fuzzy sets is provided.