Using linguistic preferences and grey relational analysis to evaluate the environmental knowledge management capacity

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-81

  Tseng, Ming Lang ^a  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental knowledge management capacities; Fuzzy set theory; Grey relational analysis; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITIES; FUZZY-GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RANKING PROBLEMS; SOLVING PROCEDURE; STRATEGIC DIRECTION; SUPPLIER EVALUATIONS;

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349466368     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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