Fuzzy multiple criteria base realignment and closure (BRAC) benchmarking system at the Department of Defense

Benchmarking

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-221

  Tavana, Madjid ^a   Bourgeois, Brian S ^b   Sodenkamp, Mariya A ^c  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Decision theory; Fuzzy logic; Government agencies; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349547162     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770910948222     Document Type: Article

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