Supplier selection based on a neural network model using genetic algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1504-1519

  Golmohammadi, Davood ^a   Creese, Robert C ^b   Valian, Haleh ^c,d   Kolassa, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JPM Chase   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision making models; Fuzzy set; Genetic algorithms; Genetic algorithms (GAs); Neural networks (NNs); Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

DATABASE INFORMATION; DECISION-MAKING MODELS; INITIAL WEIGHTS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MATRIX; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; OUTPUT ESTIMATION; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; SEARCH TECHNIQUE; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; SUPPLIER SELECTION; TRAINING PURPOSE;

FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

DECISION MAKING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349247691     PISSN: 10459227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNN.2009.2027321     Document Type: Article

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