On the equivalence of operational performance measurement and multiple attribute decision making

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2963-2988

  Parkan, C ^a   Wu, M L ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b National Research Centre for Science and Technology for Development   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING (MADM); OPERATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS RATING (OCR); OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT (OPM);

PERT;

EID: 0031275949     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497194246     Document Type: Article

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