A holistic approach for selecting a third-party reverse logistics provider in the presence of vagueness

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-287

  Efendigil, Tuǧba ^a   Önüt, Semih ^a   Kongar, Elif ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

3PLs selection; Artificial neural networks; Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process; Multiple criteria decision making; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; INVESTMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

3PLS SELECTION; FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESSES; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; REVERSE LOGISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 36849043640     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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