A combined fuzzy MCDM approach for selecting shopping center site: An example from Istanbul, Turkey

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1973-1980

  Önüt, Semih ^a   Efendigil, Tuǧba ^a   Soner Kara, Selin ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Shopping center; Site selection

Indexed keywords

FUZZY AHP; FUZZY MCDM; FUZZY TOPSIS; ISTANBUL; ISTANBUL , TURKEY; LARGE POPULATION; METROPOLITAN CITIES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TURKISHS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY LOGIC; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RURAL AREAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOPPING CENTERS;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 70449525311     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.06.080     Document Type: Article

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