DocumentCode
2021019
Title
Fuzzy MCDM in election prediction
Author
Royes, Gleiber Fernandes ; Bastos, Rogério Cid
Author_Institution
Univ. Fed. de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Volume
5
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
3258
Abstract
The application of fuzzy logic (FL) in traditional fields like engineering, medicine or finance has become a common practice, however in social sciences, mainly in politics, the utilization of FL can be intensely explored. Joining fuzzy logic with multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), the natural, complex and uncertain criteria of political problems can be adequately treated. The practical result of the research is a computational system for election forecasting
Keywords
computational linguistics; decision theory; fuzzy logic; fuzzy set theory; operations research; politics; uncertainty handling; FL; computational system; election forecasting; election prediction; fuzzy MCDM; fuzzy logic; linguistic terms; multiple criteria decision making; political problems; politics; social sciences; uncertain criteria; Decision making; Demand forecasting; Finance; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy systems; Intelligent systems; Knowledge based systems; Nominations and elections; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Tucson, AZ
ISSN
1062-922X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7087-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.972021
Filename
972021
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