Multicriteria decision model for outsourcing contracts selection based on utility function and ELECTRE method

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3569-3574

  Teixeira de Almeida, Adiel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELECTRE method; Multicriteria decision; Outsourcing service selection; Outsourcing vendor selection; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OUTSOURCING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

ELECTRE METHOD; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; OUTSOURCING SERVICE SELECTION; OUTSOURCING VENDOR SELECTION; UTILITY THEORY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 34247645554     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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