Developing a hybrid multi-criteria model for selection of outsourcing providers

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3755-3761

  Liou, James J H ^a   Chuang, Yu Tai ^a  

^a University of Kainan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANP; Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); MCDM; Outsourcing; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS; COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS; DECISION PROCESS; DECISION-MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY (DEMATEL); DEMATEL; DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP; MCDM; MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; RELATIVE WEIGHTS;

COMPETITION; COST REDUCTION; OPERATING COSTS; OUTSOURCING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 73249117632     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.11.048     Document Type: Article

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