Ranking decision alternatives by integrated DEA, AHP and gower plot techniques

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-258

  Li, Han Lin ^a   Ma, Li Ching ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AHP; DEA; Gower plot; Multiplicative; Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749089732     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622008002922     Document Type: Article

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