A fuzzy goal programming approach for vendor selection problem in a supply chain

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-85

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Vrat, Prem ^b   Shankar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Multi criterion decision; Supply chain; Vendor selection problem

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MULTI-CRITERION DECISIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS; VENDOR SELECTION PROBLEMS (VSP);

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1442334778     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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