Development of an expert selection system to choose ideal cities for medical service ventures

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 2266-2274

  Lin, Chin Tsai ^a   Tsai, Meng Chuan ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic network process (ANP); City; Medical service venture; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY;

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; CITY; INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION; MEDICAL SERVICES; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; SELECTION SYSTEMS; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 56349102255     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.12.056     Document Type: Article

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