An application of Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy AHP for multi-criteria evaluation on bicycle industry supply chains

WSEAS Transactions on Systems and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-34

  Cheng, Jao Hong ^a   Tang, Chih Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Bicycle industry; Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP); Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM); Supply chain

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL EVALUATION; CRITICAL FACTORS; DELIVERY TIME; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (FAHP); FUZZY DELPHI; FUZZY DELPHI METHOD; FUZZY DELPHI METHOD (FDM); FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; PRODUCT QUALITY; SAVING ENERGY; SERVICE QUALITY; SUPPLIER SELECTION;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

BICYCLES;

EID: 67650905187     PISSN: 19918763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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