Research Article

Determination of mushroom consumption preferences by using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

Volume: 6 Number: 3 October 26, 2018
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Determination of mushroom consumption preferences by using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

Abstract

Mushrooms are delicious, nutritious and consumed foods known as dietary and protein sources. Along with the rapid growth of the world population, the increasing tendency of people to alternate medicine has increased the consumption of mushrooms of which useful/medical features are revealed by scientific studies. As in every consumption behavior, consumption of mushrooms is also a result of preferences. The purpose of this study is to determine mushroom consumption preferences using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP). First of all, it was created the analytic hierarchy process, which has the choice of mushrooms and (if any) sub-criteria. The generated AHP was converted into comparative matrices and replied to the experts. Received answers are transformed into fuzzy numbers and the importance levels of preferences are ranked according to their calculated weights.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 26, 2018

Submission Date

June 12, 2018

Acceptance Date

October 26, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Gürgen, A., Yıldız, S., & Yıldız, Ü. C. (2018). Determination of mushroom consumption preferences by using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. Eurasian Journal of Forest Science, 6(3), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.31195/ejejfs.433353

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