Critical Items: Mutivariate, Fuzzy, Analytical Hierarchy Procedures
Definition 3 The value of Fuzzy Synthetic Extent ( Si) with respect of the ith object equals to
2.5 Acknowledgements
Opinions and results in this paper do not reflect the official position of the Hellenic Armed Forces. The authors would like to thank the experts of the military procure- ment area for their support. Sincere gratitude is hereby extended to the reviewers for their helpful comments.
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