An integrated fuzzy approach for provider evaluation and selection in third-party logistics

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 4387-4398

  Liu, Hao Tien ^a   Wang, Wei Kai ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy Delphi; Fuzzy inference; Fuzzy linear assignment; Provider selection; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; EVALUATION AND SELECTIONS; FUZZY DELPHI; LINEAR ASSIGNMENT; PROVIDER SELECTION; THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS; THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL) PROVIDERS; THREE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

EID: 58349121434     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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