A new method for location selection: A hybrid analysis

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 598-606

  Tabari, Mojtaba ^a   Kaboli, Amin ^b,c   Aryanezhad, M B ^b   Shahanaghi, Kamran ^b   Siadat, Ali ^c  

^a Department of Public Administrations   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Hybrid analysis; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Site selection

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; FACILITIES; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMMON FACTORS; DECISION MAKERS; FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEMS; HYBRID ANALYSIS; HYBRID METHODS; INTANGIBLE FACTORS; LOCATION ANALYSIS; LOCATION SELECTIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCDM); MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; REAL WORLDS; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENTS; SUBJECTIVE FACTORS;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 56949089289     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2008.05.111     Document Type: Article

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