A combined fuzzy AHP and fuzzy goal programming approach for effective six-sigma project selection

Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-615

  Kahraman, Cengiz ^a   Büyüközkan, Gülçin ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; Goal programming; Multi objective decision making; Six sigma project selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; SET THEORY;

DATA SETS; DECISION MAKERS; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY GOAL PROGRAMMING; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY-AHP; GOAL PROGRAMMING; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DECISION-MAKING; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; PROCESS CAPABILITIES; PROJECT COMPLETION; PROJECT SELECTION; PROJECT SELECTION PROBLEM; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SIX-SIGMA; SIX-SIGMA PROJECT SELECTION;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 52249113127     PISSN: 15423980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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