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Appraising the performance of high school teachers based on fuzzy number arithmetic operations

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This paper presents a new method for appraising the performance of high school teachers based on fuzzy number arithmetic operations. It uses fuzzy numbers to represent fuzzy grades. The fuzzy weights of criteria are automatically generated from the opinions of evaluators. The simplified fuzzy number arithmetic operations are used for calculating the average of fuzzy numbers. It can appraise the performance of high school teachers in a more flexible and more intelligent manner.

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Wang, CH., Chen, SM. Appraising the performance of high school teachers based on fuzzy number arithmetic operations. Soft Comput 12, 919–934 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-007-0240-5

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