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Identifying Aggregation Weights of Decision Criteria: Application of Fuzzy Systems to Wood Product Manufacturing

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Forging New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers I

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  1. School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby BC, Canada

    Ozge Uncu, Eman Elghoneimy & William A. Gruver

  2. Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Dilip B Kotak & Martin Fleetwood

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science – EECS, University of California Berkeley, 94720 Berkeley, USA

    Masoud Nikravesh

  2. PAN Warszawa Systems Research Institute, Newelska 6, 01-447 Warszawa, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS), University of California Berkeley, Soda Hall 729, 94720-1776 Berkeley, USA

    Lofti A. Zadeh

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Uncu, O., Elghoneimy, E., Gruver, W.A., Kotak, D.B., Fleetwood, M. (2007). Identifying Aggregation Weights of Decision Criteria: Application of Fuzzy Systems to Wood Product Manufacturing. In: Nikravesh, M., Kacprzyk, J., Zadeh, L.A. (eds) Forging New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers I. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73182-5_19

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