A new method for plant location selection: A holistic approach

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 330-338

  Bhattacharya, A ^a   Sarkar, B ^a   Mukherjee, S K ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision making; Multiple criteria decision making; Plant location selection; Proposed model

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SITE SELECTION;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PLANT LOCATION SELECTION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 10244224039     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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