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Taxonomy Method

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Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 277))

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The taxonomy method was introduced by Adanson in 1763 and expanded by a group of mathematicians from Poland in 1950. In 1968, Zyegnant Hellwing from the Wroclaw high school introduced this method as a means of classifying and determining the degree of development (Jurkowska in Oecon Copernic 5:49–73, 2014 [65]; Bienkowska in Activities of local authorities in promoting entrepreneurship in Poland. Jelgava, Latvia, pp. 26–31, 2013 [66]). This method is very appropriate for grading, classifying, and comparing different activities with respect to their advantages and utility degree from studied attributes.

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Alinezhad, A., Khalili, J. (2019). Taxonomy Method. In: New Methods and Applications in Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM). International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 277. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15009-9_10

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