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Fuzzy Preferences as a Convenient Tool in Group Decision Making and a Remedy for Voting Paradoxes

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Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 243))

Introduction

In this section we will first discuss the very essence of group decision making and how fuzzy preferences can help alleviate some inherent difficulties and make models more realistic. Then, we will briefly present some tools to be used, notably how to deal with linguistically quantified statements, and with a linguistic quantifier driven aggregation.

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Kacprzyk, J., Zadrożny, S., Nurmi, H., Fedrizzi, M. (2009). Fuzzy Preferences as a Convenient Tool in Group Decision Making and a Remedy for Voting Paradoxes. In: Seising, R. (eds) Views on Fuzzy Sets and Systems from Different Perspectives. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 243. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93802-6_16

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