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Political Stability: Analysis Using TOPSIS and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets

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  • Marc D. Wade

    (Department of Mathematics, Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA)

  • Adi Telik

    (Department of Mathematics, Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA)

  • Davender S. Malik

    (Department of Mathematics, Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA)

  • John N. Mordeson

    (Department of Mathematics, Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA)

Abstract

In this paper, we use a technique for order preference called TOPSIS, to determine the ranking of importance of certain subfactors of causal factors of political stability. We introduce the use of intuitionistc fuzzy sets in the analysis.

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  • Marc D. Wade & Adi Telik & Davender S. Malik & John N. Mordeson, 2017. "Political Stability: Analysis Using TOPSIS and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets," New Mathematics and Natural Computation (NMNC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(01), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:nmncxx:v:13:y:2017:i:01:n:s1793005717500016
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793005717500016
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