A new approach for evaluating agility in supply chains using Fuzzy Association Rules Mining

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-385

  Jain, Vipul ^a   Benyoucef, Lyes ^a   Deshmukh, S G ^b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Agility; Association rules; Fuzzy logic; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION RULES; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA MINING; FUZZY LOGIC; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGILE SUPPLY CHAINS; COMPETITIVENESS; FUZZY ASSOCIATION RULES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43749117690     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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