A fuzzy multi-criteria decision model for international tourist hotels location selection

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Chou, Tsung Yu ^a   Hsu, Chia Lun ^b   Chen, Mei Chyi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy multi criteria decision; International tourist hotel; Linguistic value; Location choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949134545     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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