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The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is one of the most widely-used multiattribute decision-making methods. In this section we overview the fuzzy AHP methods existing in the literature. We present the four different approaches of fuzzy AHP methods by giving numerical examples.
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Demirel, T., Demirel, N.Ç., Kahraman, C. (2008). Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and its Application. In: Kahraman, C. (eds) Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making. Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76813-7_3
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