Using fuzzy MCDM to select partners of strategic alliances for liner shipping

Information Sciences

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 197-225

  Ding, Ji Feng ^a   Liang, Gin Shuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy MCDM; Liner shipping; Partners selection; Strategic alliances; Triangular fuzzy numbers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INTEGRATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FUZZY MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (FMCDM) METHODOLOGY; LINER SHIPPING; PARTNERS SELECTION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 18844424328     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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