Quality-based supplier selection and evaluation using fuzzy data

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1072-1079

  Shu, Ming Hung ^a   Wu, Hsien Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy number; Fuzzy preference relation; Fuzzy ranking method; Optimization; Resolution identity; Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

FUZZY NUMBER; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATION; FUZZY RANKING METHOD; RESOLUTION IDENTITY; SUPPLIER SELECTION;

FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 69649105633     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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