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Abstract This paper takes the time weight and attribute weight in different periods into consideration to propose a dynamic triangular fuzzy number type multi-attribute decision making method to solve the problem with multi-attribute decision making with triangular fuzzy number as the attribute value. This method utilizes the characteristics of the triangular fuzzy number in order to establish ...

The delegation of administrative decision-making powers is explored in the following pages as a legal technique to enhance co-operation between politics and administration, both within the policy-making and in the domains of implementation of policy and law. Delegation, as a legal instrument, also has organisational and managerial consequences insofar as it suggests certain organisational patte...

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We are concerned with the complexity reduction of a stochastic system of differential equations governing the dynamics of a neuronal circuit describing a decision-making task. This reduction is based on the slow-fast behavior of the problem and holds on the whole phase space and not only locally around the spontaneous state. Macroscopic quantities, such as performance and reaction times, comput...

The considered models describe multicriteria decision making when the information provided from different criteria is given as fuzzy relations. These models differ according to the kind of the criteria weights and the aggregation procedures to fuse the fuzzy relations. The properties of aggregated fuzzy relation required to decide some multicriteria problem is discussed.

In this paper, we investigate multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems where decision makers represent their evaluation of alternatives by trapezoidal fuzzy two-dimensional uncertain linguistic variable. To begin with, we introduce the definition, properties, expectation, operational laws of trapezoidal fuzzy two-dimensional linguistic information. Then, to improve the accuracy...

Surgeons share their challenges and dilemmas in making ethical decisions in these twelve personal stories. The three commentary articles draw out the lessons the stories address. The commentators come from diverse backgrounds including sociology, bioethics, nursing, and surgery.