An algorithm for ranking technology suppliers in the presence of nondiscretionary factors

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1616-1623

  Farzipoor Saen, Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nondiscretionary factors; Technology ranking; Technology suppliers

Indexed keywords

NONDISCRETIONARY FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY RANKING; TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33750455469     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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