TY - JOUR
T1 - A vague set based decision support approach for evaluating research funding programs
AU - Wang, Jue
AU - Xu, Wei
AU - Ma, Jian
AU - Wang, Shouyang
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - Scientific Research Assessment (SRA) is receiving increasing attention in both academic and industry. More and more organizations are recognizing the importance of SRA for the optimal use of scarce resources. In this paper, a vague set theory based decision support approach is proposed for SRA. Specifically, a family of parameterized S-OWA operator is developed for the aggregation of vague assessments. The proposed approach is introduced to evaluate the research funding programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). It provides a soft and expansive way to help the decision maker in NSFC to make his decisions. The proposed approach can also be used for some other agencies to make similar assessment. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - Scientific Research Assessment (SRA) is receiving increasing attention in both academic and industry. More and more organizations are recognizing the importance of SRA for the optimal use of scarce resources. In this paper, a vague set theory based decision support approach is proposed for SRA. Specifically, a family of parameterized S-OWA operator is developed for the aggregation of vague assessments. The proposed approach is introduced to evaluate the research funding programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). It provides a soft and expansive way to help the decision maker in NSFC to make his decisions. The proposed approach can also be used for some other agencies to make similar assessment. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Decision analysis
KW - Decision support approach
KW - OWA operator
KW - Scientific research assessment
KW - Vague set theory
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.045
DO - 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.045
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0377-2217
VL - 230
SP - 656
EP - 665
JO - European Journal of Operational Research
JF - European Journal of Operational Research
IS - 3
ER -