An integrated fuzzy model for supplier management: A case study of ISP selection and evaluation

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 8639-8648

  Amin, Saman Hassanzadeh ^a   Razmi, Jafar ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set theory; Internet service provider (ISP); Quality function deployment (QFD); Supplier selection and evaluation

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; PLANNING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROGRAMMING THEORY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SET THEORY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPANY'S STRATEGIES; FUZZY MODELS; FUZZY SET THEORY; INTEGRATED MODELS; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP); MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; NOVEL ALGORITHMS; QUALITATIVE CRITERION; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD); QUANTITATIVE METRICS; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENTS; SUPPLIER SELECTION AND EVALUATION; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS;

INTERNET;

EID: 60249100377     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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