%0 Journal Article %T A multiple criteria decision making for raking alternatives using preference relation matrix based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets %A Mehdi Bahramloo %A Mohamad Hasan Hoseini %J Decision Science Letters %D 2013 %I Growing Science %R 10.5267/j.dsl.2013.06.001 %X Ranking various alternatives has been under investigation and there are literally various methods and techniques for making a decision based on various criteria. One of the primary concerns on ranking methodologies such as analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is that decision makers cannot express his/her feeling in crisp form. Therefore, we need to use linguistic terms to receive the relative weights for comparing various alternatives. In this paper, we discuss ranking different alternatives based on the implementation of preference relation matrix based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets. %K Fuzzy AHP %K Intuitionistic fuzzy sets %K Fuzzy preference %U http://www.growingscience.com/dsl/Vol2/dsl_2013_25.pdf