Multi-attribute comparison of catering service companies using fuzzy AHP: The case of Turkey

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-184

  Kahraman, Cengiz ^a   Cebeci, Ufuk ^a   Ruan, Da ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AHP; Catering; Fuzzy; Group decision making

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION THEORY; FOOD SUPPLY; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONAL COSTS; SERVICE QUALITY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0348039960     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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