Vendor selection by integrated fuzzy MCDM techniques with independent and interdependent relationships

Information Sciences

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4166-4183

  Yang, Jiann Liang ^a,e   Chiu, Huan Neng ^b   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^c,d   Yeh, Ruey Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Independence; Interdependence; Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); Non additive fuzzy integral; Vendor selection

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUZZY SETS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MODELING; EVALUATION PROCESSES; FUZZY INTEGRALS; FUZZY MCDM; FUZZY MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; FUZZY WEIGHTS; INDEPENDENCE; INTERDEPENDENCE; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCDM); NON-ADDITIVE; NON-ADDITIVE FUZZY INTEGRAL; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS; UNCERTAIN DATA; VENDOR SELECTION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 49849105246     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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